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COMPILATION 

OF 

CIRCULARS CONTAINING INFORMATION 
AND INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO 
DEMOBILIZATION OF THE ARMY 



WAR DEPARTMENT 
October 1, 1918, to June 30,1919 





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COMPILATION OF CIRCULARS CONTAINING INFORMATION AND INSTRUC¬ 
TIONS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF THE ARMY. 


WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Washington, June^SO, 1919. 

The following compilation of War Department numbered circulars from 
October 1, 1918, to June 30, 1919, containing general information and instruc¬ 
tions relating to the demobilization of the Army, is published for the informa¬ 
tion and guidance of all concerned. 

[324.122, A. G. O.] 

By order of the Secretary of War: 

PEYTON C. MARCH, 
General , Chief of Staff. 

Official : 

P. C. HARRIS, 

The Adjutant General. 


Circular No. .73, November 18, 1918. 

[Note.- —This circular has been amended or supplemented by Circulars Nos. 81, 101 
155, 162, 169, and 177, W. D., 1918, and Circulars Nos. 22, 114, 130, 166, 189, and 22 d. 
W. D., 1919.] 

Preparation and disposition of records for final separation of officers, enlist*. 

men, and organizations from service in the United States Army. 

1. When definite orders are received for the separation of officers and enlisted 
men from service in the United States Army, either individually or by organiza¬ 
tion, the following instructions will govern: 

2. Every officer and enlisted man will be given a critical physical examina¬ 
tion, a record of which will be forwarded for file in The Adjutant General’s 
Office as hereinafter prescribed. A carbon copy will be prepared for trans¬ 
mittal to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in case the officer or enlisted man 
has a wound, injury, or disease that is likely to result in death or disability. 

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS REQUIRED. 

3. In the case of officers the following are the individual records which must 
be transmitted for file in the office of The Adjutant General: 

a. Copy of authority for discharge or separation from active service. 

b. Report of physical examination. 

c. Appendix to file record card. 

d. Qualification card. 

4. In the case of enlisted men the following are the individual records which 
must be transmitted for file in the office of The Adjutant General, or in the 
case of d, to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department: 

a. Service record. 

b. Report of physical examination. 

c. Pay card. 

d. Notice of discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I.). 


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DESCRIPTION OF FORMS USED. 

5. The report of physical examination of officer must show the surname, 
Christian name, rank, and organization; occupation prior to entry in the serv¬ 
ice; a certificate by the officer showing whether or not at the present time hie 
has a wound, injury, or disease, whether incurred in the military service of the 
United States or otherwise, and, if so, the nature and location; a certificate by 
an examining surgeon showing that the officer is physically and mentally sound, 
or that he is physically and mentally sound except that he has a defect, wound, 
injury, or disease, the nature and location of which to be described; that it is 
or is not likely to result in death or disability, that it did or did not originate in 
the line of duty in the military service, and in view of occupation, the per 
cent he is disabled. In case the certificate of the officer and the certificate of the 
examining surgeon do not agree the case will be submitted to a board of re¬ 
view consisting of not less than two medical officers convened by authority of 
the camp, post, or other station commander, which will consider the case, ex¬ 
amine the officer, and complete the report showing their findings with relation 
to the matter covered in the certificate of the examining surgeon. 

Fomn No. 395-1, A G. O., now being distributed, will, when received, be used 
for the report of physical examination of officers. Until it is available the re¬ 
port will be prepared on 8 by 10| inch letter paper. 

6. An appendix to be used in connection with status card of officers on file 
in the office of The Adjutant General* will be prepared for transmittal on 5 by 
8 inch letter paper containing heading showing place and date; surname, full 
Christian name (no initials), rank and organization; statement that the officer 
was separated from service at the place and on the date; a brief statement of 
authority for separation; record of service with American Expeditionary 
Forces, if any, showing the dates of sailing from United States, arrival overseas, 
departure from overseas, port, vessel, and date of arrival in United States; 
duration of ordinary leaves of absence while overseas; address for future ref¬ 
erence ; and acknowledgment of receipt of notice of separation from service. 

7. Officers’ qualification cards, Form CCP-1101, will be completed to date 
of separation from service under the heading “ Military experience.” A final 
rating will be given each officer just prior to separation from the service and 
the qualification card transmitted to The Adjutant General of the Army. 

8. The service record of each enlisted man separated from the service will 
be brought up to date; the paster and insert for service record recently dis¬ 
tributed attached and the proper entries made thereon. A final indorsement to 
The Adjutant General of the Army for service record will show place, date, and 
cause of discharge; the character given; that the soldier was paid in full; that 
discharge certificate was furnished; service with American Expeditionary 
Forces, if any; soldier’s signature; and future address. A blank form for the 
final indorsement is now being distributed. 

If the service record of the enlisted man to be discharged is missing a tem¬ 
porary service record, marked “ Temporary ” in red ink, will be prepared, using 
available data from all sources, including statements of the soldier. 

9. The report of physical examination for enlisted men will contain the 
surname, Christian name, Army serial number.; grade, company, and regiment 
or arm or corps or department; occupation prior to entry in the service; a decla¬ 
ration of the soldier, witnessed by an officer, relating to his physical condition; 
a certificate of immediate commanding officer as to the soldier’s physical con¬ 
dition ; a certificate of the examining surgeon showing data as given in para¬ 
graph 5; and if the declaration of the soldier and the certificate of the examin- 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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ing surgeon disagree the same procedure will be followed as prescribed above 
for an officer. Form No. 135-3, A. G. O., report of physical examination of 
enlisted man, is being distributed as rapidly as possible. 

In the case of men who were accepted for special or limited service the 
words “ Special or limited service ” will be written or stamped across the top 
of the first page of Form No. 135-3, A. G. O. 

10. After the data contained on pay cards have been used to complete the 
final statements or final pay rolls the pay cards will be transmitted as herein¬ 
after prescribed to The Adjutant General of the Army. 

11. A notice of discharge, Treasury Department, B. W. R. I., will be prepared 
in duplicate for each enlisted man separated from the service. Until the form 
has been received the following matter will be placed on a 5" by 8" sheet of 
stiff letter paper: Surname, first name, and middle name in full (no initials nor 
abbreviations) ; grade and organization at the date of application for insurance, 
allotments, and allowances, data to be obtained from the soldier if not of 
record; date of birth; date of enlistment r date of discharge; if no applica¬ 
tions were made, state “none”; brief statement of cause of separation; 
under “insurance” will be entered the names of the beneficiaries, obtained 
from soldier if not of record, the amount of monthly premium, and the 
last month for which premium was checked on pay roll; under “allotment and 
allowance” the names of the allottees, obtained from the soldier if not of 
record, and the last date on which allotment is charged against the pay of the 
soldier under “Class A” and “Class B”; amount charged, for allotment on final 
payment; future address. The original and duplicate will be signed by 
the company or detachment commander and transmitted to the camp personnel 
adjutant, who will mail both directly to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, 
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. 

DISPOSITION OF RECORDS. 

12. a. All individual records of officers and enlisted men separated from the 
service will be transmitted to the camp or other station personnel adjutant, 
to be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army. 

b. When two or more enlisted men are separated from the service at the 
same time, and the separation is not by organization, an alphabetical list of 
the men will be prepared to accompany the individual records. 

c. When an organization as such is separated from the service a final roster 
will be prepared and a copy forwarded with the individual records. (See par. 
16 (&).) 

13. a. When organizations, or two or more enlisted men, are separated from 
the service at the same time, the individual records will be wrapped by class 
in packages in such manner as to prevent injury in transmission and labeled 
and marked to show: (1) Contents, (2) organization to which they pertain, and 
(3) by whom sent. 

b. The packages of service records, pay cards, and reports of physical ex¬ 
amination will be wrapped together in a package with a list or roster, as the 
case may be, and again labeled and marked to show: (1) Contents, (2) organi¬ 
zation to which they pertain, (3) by whom sent, and addressed to The Adju¬ 
tant General of the Army, Washington, D. C. 

c. The notices of discharge, B. W. R. I., will be wrapped in a package and 
labeled to show: (1) Contents, (2) organization to which they pertain, (3) by 
whom sent, and addressed to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury 
Department, Washington, D. C. 


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d. Tlie above records in each package will be arranged in the same order as 
the names appear on the roster or alphabetical list accompanying them. 

e. In the case of an individual separated from the service the records will 
be transmitted to the personnel adjutant, to be forwarded by mail to The Adju¬ 
tant General of the Army or to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury 
Department, as the case may be. No list, roster, or letter of transmittal will 
be necessary when the records of an individual are sent alone. 

14. Packages of individual records will be sent by mail unless the weight 
exceeds that authorized by postal laws, in which event they will be sent by 
express. 

15. When an organization is finally separated from- the service the organiza¬ 
tion records will be prepared and disposed of as hereinafter indicated: 

a. (1) Correspondence book and document file; (2) morning reports—com¬ 
pany, headquarters company, headquarters, and consolidated; (3) sick reports; 
(4) guard reports; (5) company orders; (6) regimental orders; (7) charge 
sheets—original; (8) war diaries, operation orders, and historical data; (9) 
council books. 

The above records will be wrapped in packages by class of record and labeled 
and marked to show contents, period covered, organization to which they per¬ 
tain, and by whom sent. These packages of records will be consolidated and 
packed for shipment by freight, the containers to be labeled as to their contents 
and addressed to The Adjutant General of the Army. 

&. (1) Retained muster rolls; (2) retained reports of changes of officers 
and enlisted men; (3) retained monthly returns; (4) retained rosters of troops 
and of officers; (5) qualification cards of enlisted men; (6) retained pay rolls; 
(7) requisitions, abstracts, and individual slips for clothing. 

The above records, except qualification cards, Form CCP-1, will be wrapped 
in packages, labeled and marked as in a, and turned into camp headquarters to 
be stored until notification from The Adjutant General of the Army that the 
originals have been checked, or pending further instructions from the War 
Department as to their final disposition. There will be entered on qualification 
card, Form CCP-1, in section headed “Remarks,” the home address of the 
enlisted man and the date of discharge. The qualification cards of discharged 
men will be placed on file at camp headquarters for ready reference. 

An inventory of the records so stored of each organization will be prepared 
and forwarded immediately to The Adjutant General of the Army. 

c. (1) Duty roster; (2) individual equipment record, after being closed; 
(3) charge sheet, company file; (4) extract from service record; (5) miscel¬ 
laneous memoranda, except those containing material information relating to 
the services of officers or enlisted men or to the history of the organization. 
(See (8) subparagraph a.) 

The above records may be destroyed after verification by and under the 
supervision of a field officer designated by the camp, station, or regimental 
commander for this duty. 

d. The publications, manuals, and regulations in the possession of officers 
and noncommissioned officers may be retained by them. 

e. The remaining publications, manuals, and regulations, and the files of 
orders, bulletins, and circulars other than regimental or company orders, will 
be turned in to camp headquarters for storage pending further instructions 
from the War- Department. 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 7 

RETURNS, ROSTERS, MORNING REPORTS, AND REPORTS OF CHANGES. 

16. When an organization or headquarters is separated from the service, 
final returns of strength and final rosters will be prepared as hereinafter 
indicated: 

a. Final return of strength, showing the condition of the command at date 
of separation, will be prepared in accordance with existing instructions for the 
preparation of monthly returns and forwarded to The Adjutant General of the 
Army. 

b. Final rosters of troops and of officers will be prepared for the period since 
the date of last roster in accordance with existing regulations, with the follow¬ 
ing modifications and exceptions: 

(1) Final rosters of troops and of officers of staff corps and departments will 
be prepared in duplicate, the duplicate copy being forwarded to the chief of the 
staff corps or department concerned. A single copy only of other rosters will 
be prepared. 

(2) In the caption the word “Final” will be inserted before the word 
“ Roster ” and the words “ at midnight ” omitted. 

(3) If for any reason an officer or enlisted man whose name is borne in the 
body of ,the roster is not discharged or otherwise separated from service on the 
date of final roster that fact will be noted after his name with statement of 
cause of retention in service. 

(4) On the final roster of troops or roster of officers the personnel adjutant 
will certify to the correctness of the roster and to the fact that all enlisted men 
and officers named thereon have been discharged or otherwise separated from 
the service, except as stated in the body of the roster opposite the names of 
such excepted officers or men. 

17. Morning reports and reports of changes will be prepared and submitted to 
include the date an organization is separated from service. 

SUPERVISION AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREPARATION AND DISPOSITION OF RECORDS. 

18. The post, camp, or station personnel adjutant, under the direction of the 
commanding officer, will supervise the preparation and disposition of all records 
pertaining to separation from service of officers, enlisted men, and organiza¬ 
tions, and is responsible that all required records are properly prepared, veri¬ 
fied, and disposed of. 

At large camps a general officer or field officer may be designated to supervise 
the preparation and disposition of records incident to the separation from serv¬ 
ice of officers, enlisted men, and organizations. 

The individual records of an officer or an enlisted man must be completed in 
every respect before he is separated from the service. 

DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES. 

19. A discharge certificate will be furnished to each enlisted man separated 
from service by discharge, as prescribed in Army Regulations, and the class of 
certificate will be as indicated in paragraph 150, Army Regulations. 

COUNCIL BOOKS. 

20. Council books relating to funds of organizations separated from the serv¬ 
ice will be audited as prescribed in Army Regulations for periodic audit, and 
the certificates required for such audit will be accomplished. 

The vouchers covered by such audit may be retained in the possession of the 
accountable officer. 


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INFORMATION RELATING TO WAR-RISK INSURANCE. 

21. Each officer or enlisted man will be informed of his rights under the war- 
risk insurance act before separation from the service. 

A memorandum of such information is being prepared for distribution at the 
earliest practicable date. 

CONDUCT OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION. 

22. The following instructions for conducting the physical examination pre¬ 
scribed in paragraph 2 will govern: 

a. The physical examination will ordinarily be made in camps or stations 
in the United States to which troops have been ordered for demobilization or 
at which they may already be. Such physical examination will be made and 
completed under the direction of the camp surgeon or other senior surgeon of 
the command with the least practicable delay. Except in doubtful or deferred 
cases the examination of any individual officer or soldier should be completed 
on one day by the examining surgeon or a special examining board designated 
by the camp surgeon or other senior surgeon of the command. 

1). Except in case of small commands, the camp surgeon or other senior sur¬ 
geon of the command will appoint a medical officer experienced in the duties of 
examining boards and in conducting physical examinations, who shall be the 
chief medical examiner of that command. 

c. The chief medical examiner will coordinate the duties of and have general 
supervision over the examining board. He will organize the personnel assigned 
to it into one or more examining teams, assigning the individual members 
thereof to such duties as the public interest may dictate. He will appoint a 
principal medical examiner for each examining team. 

d. Each principal medical examiner will supervise the operation of his 
examining team and will be responsible to the chief medical examiner for the 
conduction of the physical examinations made by the team and the proper 
preparation of the necessary records. He will sign the certificate of examin¬ 
ing surgeon on form for report of examination. 

e. The examining board should consist of sufficient medical officers, including 
all necessary specialists. Experience has demonstrated that a well-balanced 


team may be composed somewhat as follows: Examiners. 

1. General examination, including skin, general surgery, hernia, hemor¬ 

rhoids, varicocele, varicose veins, etc_ 3 

2. Dental_ 1 

3. Orthopedic, including bones and joints_,_ 3 

4. Eyes_,___ 1 

5. Ears, nose, and throat_ 1 

6. Cardio-vascular___ 3 

7. Tuberculosis_ 6 

8. Neuro-psychiatric_ 3 


f. In the physical examination of special or limited service men, medical 
examiners will interrogate the soldier as to the disability or defect which he 
had upon entrance into the service which placed him in the limited-service 
class. The physical examination of such men will be made with great care, 
with special reference to the defects which the man states that he had upon 
entrance into the service. 

g. A report of each physical examination will be rendered upon Form No. 
395-1, A. G. O., if for an officer, and upon Form No. 135-3, A. G. O., if for an 
enlisted man. (See pars. 5 and 9.) Should the certificate of the officer or the 
declaration of the enlisted man be at variance with the finding of the medical 
examiner, the officer or enlisted man will be immediately referred to a board 










CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 9 

of review convened by the camp, post, or regimental commander. A formal 
order convening the board is not necessary, and in large camps or posts the 
power to convene the board will usually. be delegated to the camp or post 
surgeon. 

h. The board of review will consist of not less than two medical officers, 
designated by the camp surgeon or other senior surgeon of the command. The 
board will be under the supervision of the senior medical examiner. After 
a thorough physical examination of the officer or soldier referred to it, 
together with a careful investigation of all the circumstances in the case, it 
will complete Form No. 395-1, A. G. O., or Form No. 135-3, A. G. O., as the case 
may be. 

[324.122, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 75, November 20, 1918. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended or supplemented by Circulars Nos. 92, 113, 
118, 124, and 155, W. D., 1918, and Circulars Nos. 77, 86, 138, 148, and 276, W. D., 1919.] 

Discharge of officers. 

1. The President has determined, under the provisions of section 9, act of 
Congress approved May 18, 1917, that the public service will be promoted by the 
discharge, as rapidly as their services can be spared, of officers in the United 
States Army, except those holding commissions of any kind in the Regular 
Army. 

2. Department commanders, commanders of camps not under the jurisdic¬ 
tion of department commanders or of chiefs of bureaus of the War Department, 
commanders of ports of embarkation, all chiefs of staff corps and departments, 
including the Chief of Field Artillery and the Chief of Coast Artillery, are 
authorized and directed to discharge such officers of the line and staff as are 
under their command as rapidly as circumstances permit. 

3. All separations from the service will be by discharge as authorized by law; 
tenders of resignation will not be received nor considered. Such discharges will 
be a complete separation of the individual from the military service and will 
terminate all commissions held by him in the Officers’ Reserve Corps or other¬ 
wise. All officers should be so informed and should also be informed that, while 
they are given opportunity to express their desires relative to commission in the 
Reserve Corps or the Regular Army, the granting of such commissions will be 
entirely dependent upon their fitness, eligibility, and such vacancies as may be 
provided by existing or future laws and regulations. 

4. Orders received directing the reduction of the enlisted strength of a com¬ 
mand will be construed as requiring a corresponding reduction of commissioned 
strength in the manner provided by these instructions. For the purpose of 
determining the order of discharge, officers will be arranged into the following 
classes and discharged in this order: 

First. Officers desiring full and immediate separation from the service. 

Second. Officers desiring prompt separation from the service and subsequent 
appointment or reappointment in the Officers’ Reserve Corps and whom com¬ 
manding officers recommend for such appointment. 

Third. Officers desiring appointment, if opportunity permits, in the Regular 
Army and whom commanding officers recommend for such appointment. 

5. The following officers will not be discharged under provisions of these 
instructions: 

a. Officers holding commissions in the Regular Army, either on the active 
list or retired list. 

6. Officers in arrest, under charges, or serving sentence of a general court- 
martial. 


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c. Officers having had money or property accountability and who have not 
a clearance therefor. 

d. Officers on sick report or in hospital. 

e. Officers who for exceptional reasons can not be spared or who, in the 
opinion of the commanding officer, should not be discharged at this time. 

Officers of classes b, c, d, and e may be discharged when no longer in the 
status stated. 

6. For each officer discharged under these instructions there will be prepared 
and forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army such records as are pre¬ 
scribed in Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918. In addition to the records 
and reports required therein, a report of discharge on Form 150-CPB-GS will 
be sent separately by registered mail to The Adjutant General of the Army. A 
copy of this form is being distributed. It will be reproduced locally in sufficient 
quantity to meet all requirements and will be completed in all respects before 
forwarding. 

7. In addition to the reports required by Circular No. 73 and by paragraph 6 
of these instructions, a telegraphic report will be sent daily to The Adjutant 
General of the Army, attention room 325, giving the following information: 
The number of officers of each arm or corps, by grades, discharged that day un¬ 
der provisions of this circular. Also a list, giving the full name, rank organi¬ 
zation, arm, staff corps or department of each officer discharged that day, will 
be sent daily by registered mail to The Adjutant General of the Army, attention 
Commissioned Personnel Branch. 

8. The following form of order will be used in discharging officers under 
these instructions: 

“ By direction of the President, and under the provisions of section 9, act of 
Congress, May 18, 1917, and Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918, Captain 
John Doe, Infantry, is honorably discharged from the service of the United 
States, for the convenience of the Government, to take effect this date, his 
services being no longer required.” 

9. It is the intention to issue Reserve Corps commissions in general to those 
officers who have served with credit to themselves during the war and who 
desire such commissions. Care should be exercised therefore in the entries and 
recommendations on Form 150-CPB-GS to insure justice to the individual and 
to the Government. In case they desire to do so, applicants for commission 
in the reserve Corps or Regular Army will be permitted to append to Form 
ISOLCPB-GS copies of letters from military superiors setting forth specially 
meritorious service or action. 

10. In connection with these discharges attention is directed to the following: 

a. Section 9, act of May 18, 1917. (See p. 11, Bulletin No. 32, War De¬ 
partment, 1917.) 

b. Sixth paragraph, section 37, act of June 3, 1916. (See p. 59, Special 
Regulations No. 43.) 

c. Act of March 2, 1901, relative to travel allowances. (See par. 684, 
Military Laws of the United States, 1915.) 

d. Act of March 30, 1918, relative to restoration of enlisted men to former 
grades. (See sec. V, Bulletin No. 22, War Department, 1918.) 

e. Memorandum of Judge Advocate General, August 30, 1917. (See pars. 
3, 4, and 5, p. 22, Bulletin No. 72, War Department, 1917.) 

f. Opinion of the Judge Advocate General, 241.5, March 30, 1918. (See p. 
23, Digest of Opinions, March, 1918.) 

11. Prompt compliance with instructions contained herein is directed. 

[210.8, A. G. O.] 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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Circular No. 77, November 21, 1918. 

[Note. —This circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 186, W. D., 1918, and 
Circulars Nos. 6, 30, 41, 152, 213, 241, 254, and 267, W. D., 1919.] 

Discharge of enlisted men for relief of family or urgent need in industrial 

work. 

1. Department commanders within the United States, commanders of ports 
of embarkation, and commanders of camps not under the jurisdiction of depart¬ 
ment commanders or of chiefs of bureaus of the War Department, are author¬ 
ized to discharge enlisted men upon their own application when there is sick¬ 
ness or other distress in the soldier’s family, or when he is needed to resume 
employment in an industry or occupation in which there is urgent need of his 
services, provided'that such discharge will not disrupt or cripple an existing 
organization, and that the soldier’s services can be spared. Consideration will 
be given to the fact that the machinery of camps must be utilized in the 
demobilization of the Army and due regard .must be taken that it is not 
retarded by the discharge of personnel connected therewith. 

2. The instructions contained herein apply only to individual and excep¬ 
tional cases and are not intended to release men in large groups or blocks for 
any general employment or occupation. 

3. Application for discharge under the provisions of this circular will be 
made in each individual case by the soldier concerned and through his imme¬ 
diate commanding officer. No man who voluntarily enlisted prior to April 1, 
1917, will be discharged under this authority. 

4. Men discharged under these instructions will be included in such weekly 
reports of men discharged as are required by the War Department. 

5. Cases of the character indicated arising in places not covered by this 
authority will be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army for final 
action. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 78, November 21, 1918. 

War-risk insurance—Explaining the war-risk insurance act to non-English- 

speaking soldiers. 

Reports have been received in the War Department that the war-risk insur¬ 
ance act has not been thoroughly explained to non-English-speaking or reading 
soldiers. It is quite important that all enlisted men in the service be fully ad¬ 
vised as to their rights to apply for war-risk'insurance, and if there are in an 
organization any enlisted men of the above-mentioned class who have not ap¬ 
plied for insurance and who have not been in the service more than 120 days, 
the insurance law will be fully explained to them and an opportunity afforded 
them to make application. 

Prior to the discharge of all enlisted men they will be fully advised as to 
their rights to continue war-risk insurance and as to the requirements regard¬ 
ing conversion. Special attention will be given to those who are unable to 
speak or read the English language. They will also be advised as to their 
rights regarding compensation under Article III of the war-risk insurance act. 

[168, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 81, November 23, 1918. 

Soldier’s statement used in preparation of forms for separation from the 

service. 

When it is necessary to accept the statement of an enlisted man in lieu of 
records which are not available, as in the case of special or limited service 


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men, as indicated in paragraphs 9 and 22, Circular No. 73, War Department, 
1918, the fact that the entry on the form is the soldier’s statement and not 
from the records will be so noted when the entry is made. 

[201.6, A. G. O.] 

Circulak No. 82, November 23, 1918. 

[Note.—T his circular has been amended or supplemented by Circulars Nos. 49 and 
114, W. D., 1919.] 

War-risk insurance information and assistance to he given disabled men in 

making claim for compensation. 

1. A compensation application blank for a person disabled in the .service 
(Form 526, Treasury Department, B. W. R. I.) should be furnished to every 
disabled officer and enlisted man and every officer and enlisted man claiming 
disability at the time of his separation from the service. Assistance should be 
rendered in filling out the application, and complete information as to the proof 
required in support of his claim should be supplied to the claimant. Care 
should be taken in answering question 5 on page 2 of application blank that a 
statement is made as to whether the claimant was accepted for general military 
service or for special or limited service only. (See also last sentence of par. 9, 
Cir. No. 73, W. D., 1918.) 

2. The compensation application blank, when properly filled out and executed 
by the officer or enlisted man, will be forwarded immediately by the camp 
personnel adjutant to the Compensation Section of the Bureau of War Risk 
Insurance with the copy of the report of the physical examination of the officer 
(Form No. 395-1, A. G. O.) or of the enlisted man (Form No. 135-3, A. G. O.) 
attached thereto. If the officer or enlisted man does not desire to execute an 
application for compensation the notation “officer (soldier) did not desire to 
execute Form 526, B. W. R. I.,” will be written or stamped on the copy of Form 
No. 395-1, A. G. O., or Form No. 135-3, A. G. O., as the case may be. The copy 
of the report of the physical examination of the officer or enlisted man will then 
be forwarded by the personnel adjutant without letter of transmittal directly 
to the Compensation Section of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. (See last 
sentence of par. 2, Cir. No. 73, W. D., 1918.) 

3. The proof called for in paragraphs 3, 6, and 7 of the instructions on page 
1 of the application blank should be incorporated in the blank affidavit on the 
last page of the application blank whenever possible. If the affidavits of two 
persons to the required facts can not be secured when the application is 
executed by the officer or enlisted* man, he should be advised that they must be 
obtained on his return home and forwarded to the Compensation Section of the 
Bureau of War Risk Insurance, with a statement giving his full name, Army 
serial number, if an enlisted man, grade and organization in the service, and 
date of discharge or separation therefrom. 

4. The claimant should be advised that so much of the proof called for in 
paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the instructions on page 1 of the application 
blank as is not incorporated in affidavits on the last page of the application at 
the time the application is executed, must be secured by him on his return home 
and forwarded immediately to the Compensation Section of the Bureau of War 
Risk Insurance in support of his claim. 

5. The advice and assistance of the camp war-risk judge advocate should be 
fully utilized in the preparation of applications for compensation. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 85, November 23, 1918. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended or supplemented by Circulars Nos. 119, 121, 
153, and 154, W. D., 1918, and Circulars Nos. 15, 78, 154, and 252, W. D., 1919.] 

Instructions for final payment of officers and enlisted men separated from 

active service in the demobilization of the present Army. 

The following instructions for the final payment of officers and enlisted men 
are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 

1. Enlisted men discharged or otherwise separated from active service by 
organizations or detachments, under orders for the demobilization of the 
present Army, will be paid final pay, except as otherwise provided herein, on 
the Regular Army pay roll, War Department Forms Nos. 366 and 366a, amend¬ 
ing such rolls to show the data required for a full and complete settlement of 
the final pay due such men. A final payment roll is now being prepared, of 
which, when printed, an initial supply will be distributed without requisition, 
and all concerned notified so that those requiring such rolls may make requisi¬ 
tion therefor, if for any reason they are not furnished promptly. 

2. The form of the pay roll, Form No. 366, will be amended, as follows: 

a. By inserting the word “Final” in front of the words “ Pay roll” on the 
brief. 

&. The certificate of the commanding officer will be amended by adding 
comma after “ QM. USA.,” followed by “was honorably discharged this date 
and is entitled to travel pay.” 

c. The certificate now printed on the roll for an inspecting and mustering 
officer is not required. 

3. a. The caption at top of page 2 of Form No. 366 will be amended to read 

“Final pay roll of__from_, 191—, to date of discharge 

_, 191__.” 

&. In the square containing the words “When enlisted” will also be inserted 
the words “ Place to which entitled to travel pay.” 

c. A column will be ruled next after enlistment period column, which will be 
headed “ Army serial number.” 

d. The date of enlistment (or equivalent), enlistment period, and Army 
serial number will be entered in their respective columns in the top half of the 
space in which the man’s name appears, and the place to which he is entitled 
to travel pay as indicated by paragraph 6 below will be entered in the lower 
half of such space commencing in “When enlisted” column and extending to 
but not beyond right side of “ Army serial number ” column and positively in 
the same space as man’s name. Any remarks will be entered in the next line 
or lines below a man’s name and may extend to but not beyond right side of 
« Army serial number ” column. The remainder of the old column for remarks 
will be ruled for allotments, etc., as on monthly pay roll. 

e. The pages of the roll on which the disbursing officer makes extensions 
as to balance paid, stoppages, appropriations, etc., may be amended by his 
changing the headings of columns to suit requirements, either to the right or 
left of soldiers’ signatures. It will be necessary that separate columns be used 
as follows: One for deposits repaid, one for interest thereon, one for general 
appropriations, in which both travel pay and clothing due soldier may be 
entered, the clothing amount to be set above travel pay in same space. 

4. Enlisted men discharged individually, or discharged with an organization, 
, who for some reason can not be paid final pay on a pay roll, will be furnished 

with final statements covering final pay as usual. 





14 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


5. The total amount due soldier for deposits will be entered in remarks on the 
roll and the deposit book submitted to the quartermaster with the roll. How¬ 
ever, if the deposit book has been lost the amount and date of each deposit and 
name of quartermaster with whom made must be listed on the roll and the 
soldier’s affidavit as to its loss hied therewith. 

6. Travel pay at the rate of 31 cents per mile will be paid from place an en¬ 
listed man is separated from active service as follows: 

a. Men who enlisted in the Regular Army, or men who enlisted in an organi¬ 
zation of the National Guard after it had been called into Federal service—to 
the place of acceptance for enlistment. 

b. Men inducted under the Selective Service Regulations—to the place of 
induction. 

c. Men who belonged to the National Guard prior to its being called or 
drafted into Federal service and reported for active Federal service as members 
of such National Guard organizations under call or draft by the President— 
to the home rendezvous of the organization with which they reported for 
present tour of Federal service. 

d. Men who had been furloughed from the Regular Army to the reserve from 
which they were called to active duty and are now again furloughed to the 
reserve or discharged—to the place at which they received the call or notice 
requiring them to report again for active service. 

6. Men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps who were called to active service and 
are relieved from such active service and placed back in the reserve on in¬ 
active status or discharged—to the place at which they received the call or 
notice to report for active service. 

f. Men will be paid full travel pay due them notwithstanding that they may 
not be paid in full or that stoppages exceed total amount otherwise due them. 

g. Under regulations issued by United States Railroad Administration, tickets 
will be sold to discharged officers and enlisted men from place of discharge 
to place to which they are entitled to travel pay, as noted on certificate of 
or order for discharge, at two-thirds of the regular rate authorized for travel 
in day coach. If such officer or enlisted man travels in a Pullman or tourist 
sleeping car, he will be required to pay regular surcharge applying to commercial 
travel, viz, one-sixth of regular fare in Pullman standard cars and one-twelfth 
of regular charge in tourist sleepers, and in addition the regular Pullman 
standard or tourist car rates, as the case may be. The sale of tickets at re¬ 
duced rates will be restricted to between points stated above and receipt will be 
required from each man who purchases such reduced-fare tickets. Such tickets 
will be purchased only at place of discharge and only upon date of discharge. 
Officers issuing discharge certificates to enlisted men will enter in a conspic¬ 
uous manner on the back of such certificate the place to which the man is 
entitled to travel pay, as indicated in sections a to e of this paragraph. The 
post or camp commander or the disbursing quartermaster will make indorse¬ 
ment on an officer’s discharge certificate or order for discharge showing the 
place to which he is entitled to travel pay, as indicated in paragraph 10 below. 
The certificate of discharge of an enlisted man and the discharge certificate or 
order for discharge in the case of an officer will be presented to the ticket 
agent when reduced-fare ticket is purchased. 

7. Amounts due soldier for clothing not drawn in kind upon settlement as 
Df July 14, 1917, will be entered in remarks, together with any amounts due 
United States for clothing. The officer preparing the roll will not strike a 
balance but will state these items separately. 

8. a. Class A and class B allotments will be prorated to include date of sepa¬ 
ration from active service by the officer preparing pay roll or final statement. 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 15 

b. War-risk insurance allotments and class E allotments (which include 
Liberty bond allotments to banks other than Secretary of the Treasury) in 
case of officers, enlisted men, field clerks, civilian employees, and nurses, will 
not be prorated, but will be discontinued as of the last day of the month pre¬ 
ceding the month in which separated from active service unless separated on the 
last day of a month, in which case such allotments will be discontinued with 
date of separation. Such allotters having allotments for Liberty bonds to 
banks will be advised by commanding officers to arrange with said banks regard¬ 
ing future payments thereon. 

c. Liberty bond allotments of the third and fourth loans to the Secretary of 
the Treasury will be discontinued effective with date of commencement, and 
officers and field clerks concerned will take credit on final pay accounts, and 
enlisted men, civilian employees, and nurses will be credited on final pay rolls 
with the amounts previously deducted from their pay on account of said 
allotments, provided that if such an allotter desires to secure one or more 
bonds from the Secretary of the Treasury for which he has subscribed through 
the allotment system, credit on final account or pay roll will not be claimed 
or given on separation from active service for previous deductions, and a 
certificate furnished by the commanding officer in the form prescribed in 
W. R. I. Circular 100, A. G. O., August 19, 1918, with remittance of necessary 
amount to complete payments on the number of bonds desired will be for¬ 
warded by registered mail by the allotter concerned to the Director of Finance, 
Allotment Branch, War Department, Washington, D. C. The instructions 
contained in said Circular No. 100 have equal application to the fourth loan, 
and the certificate prescribed therein may be amended to cover allotments 
pertaining to said loan. 

d. In the case of each enlisted man, civilian employee, or nurse whose 
Liberty bond or class E allotment is discontinued by reason of separation from 
active service, a Q. M. C. Form 89 must be mailed without letter of transmittal 
on or before date of such separation to the Director of Finance, Enlisted Allot¬ 
ment Branch, War Department, Washington, D. C. Acknowledgment of such 
discontinuances will not be made by the Director of Finance. Telegraphic 
reports of such discontinuances will not be accepted. 

e. In the case of each officer or field clerk whose allotment for Liberty 
bond or other purpose (other than classes A and B and insurance premiums, 
reports for which are cared for in Oir. 73, W. D., Nov. 18, 1916) is discontinued 
by reason of separation from active service, a Q. M. C. Form 39, signed by such 
officer or field clerk and certified and signed by him on the back thereof that 
deductions have been made from his pay accounts during the life of the allot¬ 
ment, to include date of discontinuance, must be mailed by such officer or field 
clerk without letter of transmittal to the Director of Finance, Officers’ Allot¬ 
ment Branch, War Department, Washington, D. C. When such officers and 
field clerks having allotments to banks or individuals are so separated after 
the 29th day of the month, each such officer or field clerk will advise the Director 
of Finance, Officers’ Allotment Branch, by telegram, at Government expense, 
stating date of separation, description of allotment, and amount, name of the 
allottee, date of discontinuance, and that Q. M. C. Form 39 will follow by mail. 
Liberty bond allotments to Secretary of the Treasury will not be included in 
telegraphic reports. 

9. From now until the demobilization of the present Army is completed so 
much of the provisions of paragraph 1258, A. R., as pertains to transfer of pay 
accounts, and paragraph 1383, A. R., pertaining to transfer of final statements, 
are suspended and the transfer or assignment of monthly or final pay accounts 
by officers or transfer of final statements by enlisted men is hereby prohibited. 


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CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


Such accounts transferred prior to receipt of this notice will be honored, if 
otherwise correct, but those assigned or transferred after receipt of this notice 
will, when presented for payment, be forwarded to the post or camp commander, 
who may, in his discretion, waive the violation and authorize payment or for¬ 
ward said accounts to The Adjutant General of the Army for instructions. Post 
and camp commanders will give this regulation as much local publicity as 
convenient as a warning to banks and other parties. 

10. Officers separated from active service will prepare their final pay accounts 
on the usual forms, War Department Form No. 336, which will have the words 
“Final pay” written conspicuously near the top. In the space opposite “Object 
symbol” will be stated the place to which the officer is entitled to travel pay 
upon discharge at 4 cents per mile, as determined by place of acceptance of 
commission, place of receipt of notice to report for active service, place of 
home rendezvous, place to which he would have been entitled to travel pay as 
an enlisted man, as specified in paragraph 6, in the case of officers promoted 
from the ranks, as the case may be. 

11. Officers actually holding commissions in the Reserve Corps if discharged 
are entitled to pay to include date of discharge and to travel pay at the rate 
of 4 cents per mile. Upon discharge they may be paid final pay, including 
travel pay, before leaving post or camp if the requirements hereinafter pre¬ 
scribed as to nonindebtedness are complied with. Reserve officers ordered to 
their homes, there to stand relieved from active service, are entitled to pay 
to include date necessary to reach their homes and to mileage at 7 cents per 
mile. Reserve officers returned to an inactive status may be paid final pay 
due them before leaving camp if they can reach home on the date their relief 
at the post or camp becomes effective. In cases where they can not reach home 
on date of relief from duty at post or camp, they can not be paid final pay 
until sufficient time has elapsed to permit them to reach home. The mileage 
of 7 cents per mile due a reserve officer upon return from active service to 
inactive service can not be claimed or paid prior to his having actually per¬ 
formed the travel enjoined. When the travel is performed he should prepare 
the usual mileage voucher, W. D. Form No. 337, to cover such travel, and send 
it for settlement to the quartermaster of the camp from which he was relieved. 

12. The following classes of officers will, upon separation from active service, 
be paid by the quartermaster at the post or camp at which so separated the 
final pay and allowances due them: 

a. Officers who have not been accountable or responsible for public funds 
or property. 

b. Officers who, having been accountable for public funds, have received 
complete clearance therefor from the accounting officers of the Treasury De¬ 
partment. 

c. Officers who, having been responsible for public funds, have received com¬ 
plete clearance therefor from the office or officer to whom responsible. 

d. Officers who, having been accountable for public property, have received 
complete clearance therefor from the auditing bureau to which such property 
pertained. 

e. Officers who, having been responsible for public property, have received 
complete clearance from the office or officers to whom responsible. 

In these cases the officer’s certificate as to accountability and responsibility, 
allotments deducted, and transferred accounts outstanding will be written on 
the back of the third fold of the pay voucher as follows: 

“ I certify that on this and previous vouchers I have entered and had de¬ 
ducted all allotments made by me during period of my military service; that I 
now have no assigned or transferred or other pay accounts outstanding for the 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


17 


period for which pay is claimed on this voucher or for future months; that I 
am not accountable or responsible for public funds or property; and that I am 
not in any manner indebted to the United States or its instrumentalities.” 

Immediately below this certificate will be written a certificate for signature 
of the commanding otficer as follows: 

“ I certify that I have noted the claim for final pay stated on front of this 
voucher and that to the best of my knowledge and belief such account and the 
above certificate are correct.” 

These certificates must be signed on the original copy of voucher by the officer 
and commanding officer, respectively. 

13. a. Officers who can not furnish certificates as to nonindebtedness as re¬ 
quired in paragraph 12 above will not be paid final pay (see below for travel 
pay) at time of separation from active service, but will, before leaving post or 
station, prepare their final pay accounts, and the officer will execute the certifi¬ 
cate prescribed in paragraph 12 above, adding the word “ except ” thereto, fol¬ 
lowed by a statement in detail as to the nature of the funds, property, or other 
indebtedness, with places and dates, for which clearances have not been re¬ 
ceived and the bureau or office to which each class pertains. This certificate of 
the officer will be certified to by his commanding officer as prescribed in para¬ 
graph 12, above. When completed as prescribed herein, such final pay account, 
with letter of transmittal showing address to which check is to be mailed, will 
be forwarded by the officer direct to the Director of Finance, Pay of the Army 
Division, War Department, Washington. D. 0., for settlement after clearance 
has been obtained. 

b. Officers discharged (as distinguished from reserve officers ordered to 
inactive status) who are precluded from drawing final pay at place of discharge 
will, if they desire, be paid the travel pay of 4 cents per mile due them. Such 
travel pay will be paid on officer’s pay vouchers, Form No. 336, conspicuously 
marked “ For travel pay only.” The certificates prescribed in this and para¬ 
graph 12, above, will not be required on such voucher. When paid travel pay 
only the officer will, in preparing his final pay account for pay and other allow¬ 
ances, note thereon that he has previously drawn his travel pay. 

14. Attention is invited to the ninety-fourth article of war under which men 
who, while in the military service, defraud the Government, may, after dis¬ 
charge, be apprehended and tried by court-martial. Action may also be taken 
in such cases before Federal courts. 

[241.5, A. G. O.] 

I 

Circular No. 86, November 25, 1918. 

* 

[Note.—T his circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 93, W. D.,-1918.] 

Discharge of enlisted men. 

The following instructions, communicated by telegraph to certain commanders 
on November 18, 1918, are published for the information and guidance of all 
concerned: 

Under orders issued or that hereafter may be issued for the discharge of 
enlisted men the following will be strictly observed: 

1. a. Only men who voluntarily enlisted to serve during the emergency and 
those who were drafted or inducted to serve during the emergency will be 
discharged. 

b. No man will be discharged who at the time of physical examination prior 
to discharge is unfit for duty in the class in which he was rated at the time of 
entrance into the service (namely, class A, class 0-1, or class 0-2) or in a 
higher class in case he has been subsequently so rated. 

127946—19-2 


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CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


c. Men suffering from venereal diseases will not be discharged until cured. 
Intensive ti’eatment of all venereals will be undertaken at once with a view to 
their cure and discharge at the earliest possible date. 

2. Men from the same localities will be discharged as far as possible on the 
same date and only as they can be moved by railroads. Ample advance notice 
will be given to the local representative of the United States Railway Adminis¬ 
tration of the number, date of discharge, and destinations of men to be dis¬ 
charged. 

3. A weekly report as of Saturday midnight will be made to The Adjutant 
General of the Army, attention room 528, showing the number of men discharged 
that week. 

4. Attention is directed to Circulars Nos. 73, 75, and 85, War Department, 1918. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 90, November 25, 1918. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended by Circulars Nos. 183 and 188, W. D., 1918, 
and Circulars Nos. 10, 33. 61, 81, 102, 110, 230, and 258, W. D., 1919.] 

Oversea convalescent detachments. 

1. Soldiers who have been or who may be incapacitated while on duty over¬ 
seas and who are convalescent in this country will not be transferred to develop¬ 
ment battalions in the future. General Orders, No. 45, War Department, 1918, 
is hereby modified in accordance with the above. 

2. In each camp, cantonment, and post where oversea convalescents may be 
assembled there will be formed an oversea convalescent detachment. This 
detachment will consist of such officers, noncommissioned officers, cooks, and 
other grades of enlisted men as it may be necessary to detail for the purpose 
of administration, supply, and training, and such convalescents as are sent 
to the camp, cantonment, or post who have been incapacitated by virtue of 
having been on duty overseas. The detachment will be quartered and messed 
separately. While serving in oversea convalescent detachments, men will be 
carried on the detachment rolls in the grades held by them in their permanent 
organization. 

3. In order to relieve congestion in general hospitals, commanding officers 
of such hospitals are hereby authorized to send oversea convalescents, whose 
hospital treatment has been completed, to oversea convalescent detachments in 
the following camps: 


Beauregard, 

Jackson, 

Sevier, 

Custer, 

Kearny, 

Shelby, 

Devens, 

Lee, 

Sherman, 

Dix, 

Lewis, 

Sheridan, 

Dodge, 

MacArthur, 

Taylor, 

Funston, 

McClellan, 

Travis, 

Gordon, 

Meade, 

Upton, 

Grant, 

Logan, 

Wadsworth, 

Hancock, 

Pike, 

Wheeler. 


Since it is the intention to discharge all oversea convalescents as soon as 
possible, consistent with the maximum physical improvement, commanders of 
general hospitals will, as far as practicable, send convalescents to the camps 
nearest to the homes of the men to be discharged. Intensive treatment and 
training of all convalescents assembled in oversea convalescent detachments 
will be immediately undertaken and continued in order that their cure or 
maximum improvement and subsequent discharge may be accomplished in the 
shortest possible time. On the last of each month, commanders will report to 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


19 


The Adjutant General of the Army the number of men received in and the 
number of men discharged from oversea convalescent detachments during 
the month. 

4. Commanding officers upon whom the duty of organizing oversea con¬ 
valescent detachments devolves should bear in mind the importance of the 
work to be performed in these detachments. It is only by the selection of 
competent line and medical officers and thorough cooperation on the part of 
these that the best results can be obtained. The object sought is the return to 
civil life of these men in the best physical and mental condition. 

5. Convalescents whose treatment and training has been completed will be 
promptly discharged in accordance with existing instructions without refer¬ 
ence to the War Department. 

[704.2, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 92, November 25, 1918. 

Discharge of officers. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918, is amended as follows: 

In the second line strike out the words “tenders of resignation will not be 
received nor considered.” 

Add the following: 

“ Resignations submitted by officers may be considered when the officer’s 
commanding officer or the chief of the staff corps concerned states that 
the services of the officer can be spared. In such cases the officer will be 
discharged by his commanding officer or the chief of the staff corps as 
provided in this circular. Attention is directed to paragraph 3, Circular 
No. 73, War Department, 1918, and Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918.” 

[210.8, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 93, November 27, 1918. 

Interpretation of instructions concerning discharge of enlisted men. 

In connection with Circular No. 86, War Department, 1918, the following 
is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 

1. No. class C—1 and C-2 men, nor men under treatment for physical training, 
will be discharged until the board of review (p. 4, Form No. 135-3, A. G. O.) 
certifies that the maximum improvement has been obtained or that physical 
disabilities have not been exaggerated or accentuated. Intensive treatment 
and training of all men thus held will be immediately undertaken and con¬ 
tinued in order that their cure or maximum improvement and subsequent dis¬ 
charge may be accomplished in the shortest possible time, thus reducing the 
eompensable cases to a minimum. 

2. All men, except those inducted for special and limited service only, whose 
service records are incomplete, or for whom there are no other available records 
in camp showing their physical classification at the time of induction into 
service, will be considered as of physical class A at the time of induction. 

3. Men who have acquired a lower classification, due to their own misconduct, 
or other venereal cases which, in the opinion of the board of review, are 
Incurable or which will take a long or indefinite time to cure, should be dis¬ 
charged as soon as the danger of carrying infection is eliminated. All other 
cases of disabilities due to their own misconduct should be discharged as soon 
as their physical condition will permit. 

4. Present regulations concerning discharge on certificate of disability are 
not changed by the aforesaid instructions. 


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5. Instructions to discharge enlisted men should not be construed so as to 
prevent the retention in the service of enlisted personnel necessary to carry 
on the functions of the essential organizations. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 101, November 30, 1918. 

Reports in case of discharge or separation from the service of officers and 

enlisted men. 

1. So much of paragraph 7, Special Regulations No. 72, as relates to reports 
to be submitted in case of discharge of enlisted men is suspended. 

2. Paragraph 3, Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, is amended as 
follows: 

3. In the case of officers the following are the individual records which must 
be transmitted for file in the office of The Adjutant General, or in the case of 
e, to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department: 

a. Copy of authority for discharge or separation from active service. 

J). Report of physical examination. 

c. Appendix to file record card. 

d. Qualification card. 

e. Notice of discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I. Form 333) com¬ 
pleted with reference to insurance. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 110, December 3, 1918. 

Disposition of “ confidential ” and “ secret ” documents and publications. 

1. War Department documents and publications marked “ Secret,” “ Con¬ 
fidential,” or “ For official use only ” in the hands of individuals and organiza¬ 
tions of the Army will be disposed of as follows: 

(1.) All publications and documents marked “ Secret ” in the hands of officers 
who are about to be separated from the service will be turned over to the 
chiefs of staff corps and departments or to the commanding officers of camps 
or stations at which such officers are serving at the time of discharge. In 
every case a receipt will be obtained describing publications and documents 
turned over. 

(2) All publications and documents marked “Confidential” or “For official 
use only ” that have reference to the training of troops may be retained by 
the officer to whom they were originally issued. 

(3) All publications and documents in the hands of organizations about to 
be mustered out of the service marked “Confidential” or “For official use 
only ” and all publications and documents so marked and in the hands of 
officers about to be separated from the service that have reference to matters 
other than training will be turned over in the same manner as described in 
subparagraph (1). 

(4) No receipt will be required covering publications and documents marked 
“ Confidential ” or “ For official use only ” turned over pursuant to this order. 

(5) All publications and documents marked “Confidential” or “For official 
use only ” that are worn or torn and not worth preserving will be destroyed 
pursuant to subparagraph c, paragraph 15, Circular No. 73, W. D., 1918. 

(6) All documents and publications marked “ Confidential” and “ For official 
use only ” on hand and not issued, together with those received pursuant to this 
order, will be carefully sorted, packed, and disposed of, pursuant to subpara¬ 
graph e, paragraph 15, Circular No. 73, W. D., 1918. 

[062, A. G. O.] 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


21 


Circular No. 113, December 4, 1918. 

Discharge of temporary officers. 

In connection with paragraph 4, Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918, the 
assignments and duties of officers in a command will be so adjusted that the 
officers specified in the third class of that paragraph will be retained in the 
service for the present. If after such assignments are made there are surplus 
officers of this class, a report by telegraph will be made to The Adjutant Gen¬ 
eral of the Army, attention room 318, stating the number of such officers in 
each grade and arm. It is. the intention of the War Department to transfer 
these officers to other commands to fill vacancies in those commands caused by 
the discharge of officers who desire to leave the service immediately. 

[210.4, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 115, December 5, 1918. 

Disposition of company property left by disbanded organizations. 

Property owned by organizations, such as pianos, phonographs, libraries, 
athletic goods, etc., may be disposed of by the organization before disband¬ 
ment for the use and benefit of enlisted men in the Army. Should any money 
accrue from the sale of such articles it will be deposited and will form a part 
of the company fund of the organization. Should any organization property 
remain undisposed of after the organization has been disbanded it will be 
reported to the department commander, who will take steps to distribute same 
for the benefit of the enlisted men of the Army in the service. 

[400.7, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 118, December 6 , 1918. 

Application of officers for appointment in the Regular Army. 

1. Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918, provides for a report of discharge 
of officers on Form No. 150-CPB-GS, which report includes a statement as to 
the officer’s desires relative to commission in the Regular Army. The general 
policy is that officers desiring Regular Army commissions and believed quali¬ 
fied therefor shall be the last class of officers holding temporary commissions 
discharged from their present commissions. 

2. In order to afford opportunity for such officers to file at once application 
for examination with a view to appointment in the Regular Army, Form 
151-CPB-GS is being distributed. This form will be reproduced locally in 
sufficient quantities for use and will be brought to the attention of all officers. 
For those officers who desire to make application the form will be completed 
without delay, regardless of present station or duty, and forwarded through 
military channels to The Adjutant General of the Army. 

3. All officers must understand that there are at present no vacancies in the 
Regular Army. The number of vacancies that may exist when the demobiliza¬ 
tion of the temporary Army is completed will depend upon the legislation which 
may be enacted in the meantime for the reorganization of the Army. It is 
possible that this legislation will make some changes in the present require¬ 
ments as to age and as to the grades in which officers may be appointed for 
the benefit of those who have served with credit during the war. For this 
reason any officer who desires appointment in the Regular Army should not 
be deterred by considerations of the present requirements for appointment from 
submitting his application. 

4. Form No. 151-CPB-GS having been submitted by an applicant, further 
correspondence relative thereto is neither necessary nor desirable. If oppor- 


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tunity permits, apparently qualified applicants will be ordered to report for 
examination. Should the services of such officer be no longer needed, it may 
become necessary that he be discharged prior to examination for appointment 
in the Regular Army. Such discharge will in no way prejudice his application. 

5. Nothing herein will be construed as modifying Form No. 150-CPB-GS, or 
the use thereof, as prescribed in Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918. 

[210.8, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 119, December 6, 1918. 

Amendment of Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918. 

The first line of subparagraph b, paragraph 8, Circular No. 85, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1918, is amended to read as follows: 

b. Allotments covering war-risk insurance premiums and class E allotments 
(which include * * *). 

L004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 121, December 7, 1918. 

Final payment rolls. 

1. In connection with paragraph 1, Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918, 
the new final payment roll forms have been printed and are now available for 
distribution. These forms are composed of a first sheet, War Department Form 
No. 371, and a second sheet, War Department Form No. 371a. Final payment 
rolls will be prepared in a similar manner to the monthly pay roll. For the 
purpose of determining the number of blank forms required, it is estimated that 
for each 100 men discharged there will be required three first sheets and 20 
second sheets, this being considered a sufficient number to make the three 
required copies of the roll. 

2. An initial supply of final payment roll forms has been mailed by the 
Quartermaster General’s Office to the disbursing quartermaster of each depart¬ 
ment, each of the 31 larger camps, ports of embarkation, and general hospitals. 
Commanding officers requiring final payment roll forms for use in discharging 
enlisted men will make call on the disbursing quartermaster who is charged 
with the payment of troops under his command; and if said quartermaster has 
not rceived a supply, requisition will be made by mail or wire, as the urgency 
of the case requires, to the Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C. 

3. Disbursing quartermasters who require a supply of these forms and have 
not received an initial supply will make requisition therefor without delay. 

[242.01, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 123, December 7, 1918. 

Economy in use of blank forms used for demobilization. 

1. Owing to shortage of paper, and many calls at this time upon the Public 
Printer for emergency printing, all concerned are directed to exercise the 
utmost economy in the use of blank forms used in the discharge of officers and 
enlisted men. 

2. Department commanders, chiefs of staff corps, and departments and others 
making distribution of forms will scrutinize requisitions and by comparison 
with returns and strength reports assure themselves that equitable distribution 
is made to meet immediate demands, with but a small surplus for wastage or 
anticipated needs. 

3. Upon the demobilization and abandonment of a camp or station, all un¬ 
used blank forms for discharge of officers and enlisted men will be transferred 


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to the nearest camp, or to the department commander, and report made to The 
Adjutant General of the Army, room 259, stating quantity, form number, and 
disposition. 

[315.06, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 12*4, December 7, 1918. 

TThis circular has been supplemented or amended by Circulars Nos. 86 and 191, W. D., 

1919.] 

Discharge of officers. 

1. Paragraph 2, Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918, authorizes certain 
commanders to discharge from the military service officers of the line and staff 
holding temporary appointments only whose services are no longer required. 
In the application of these instructions the following will govern: 

a. For the purpose of discharge of officers or for the purpose of reassignment 
to make officers available for discharge, all officers of the line and staff serving 
within the territorial limits of a department are placed under control of 
department commanders with the following exceptions: 

(1) Officers on duty at the divisional camps and cantonments exempted from 
control of department commanders by General Orders, No. 137, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1917, and section IY, General Orders, No. 19, War Department, 1918. 
Such camps and cantonments embrace all units, establishments, and utilities 
in their immediate vicinity and closely associated with them. 

(2) Officers on duty or casuals at ports of embarkation or debarkation, such 
posts including all units, establishments, and utilities in their immediate 
vicinity and closely associated therewith. 

(3) Medical officers on duty at general hospitals. 

(4) Officers on duty at camps or stations which are under direct control of 
the chief of a staff corps or a bureau chief of the War Department. 

(5) Officers on duty at arsenals and other ordnance establishments. 

(6) Officers on duty under the Provost Marshal General’s Office. 

&. Staff officers of those commanders having authority to discharge officers 
are charged with making recommendations to their commanders relative to 
discharge or reassignment of officers holding commissions in the staff corps and 
departments. The chief of each staff corps and department will transmit to 
staff officers of those commanders having authority to discharge such informa¬ 
tion as will cause discharges of officers to be made for the best interests of the 
service without necessity for referring individual recommendations for discharge 
to the chief of a staff corps. 

c. Officers on duty with units of the Students’ Army Training Corps will be 
discharged by department commanders on recommendation of Students’ Army 
Training Corps district headquarters. Officers on duty at Students’ Army 
Training Corps district headquarters will be discharged by department com¬ 
manders when discharge is approved by the chairman, Committee on Education 
and Special Training, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

d. Medical officers on duty at general hospitals will be discharged by the 
Surgeon General. Officers who are patients in general or other hospitals not 
at a military camp or station will, when further treatment is unnecessary, be 
physically examined at such hospital, the examination being recorded on Form 
No. 395-1, A. G. O. Officers’ qualification card, Form No. 395-1, and Form No. 
150-CPB-GS, filled out by the officer, will then be sent by the commanding 
officer of the hospital to the nearest department, camp, or port commander 
having authority to order discharge of officers. The commander receiving the 
above report will either discharge the officer or order him to report for duty, 


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according to circumstances in each case. So much of Circular No. 75, War 
Department. 1918, as prevents discharge of officers in hospital is amended 
accordingly. 

c. Officers on duty at air service training or experimental stations and air 
service repair depots will he discharged by .the Director of Military Aeronautics. 

f. Officers of the Coast Artillery Corps will be discharged by department 
commanders upon recommendation of the Coast Artillery district commander 
or the commanding officer, Coast Artillery Training Center. 

2. Paragraph 2, Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918, is so amended as 
io authorize and direct the Provost Marshal General to discharge officers hold¬ 
ing commissions for the period of the emergency only who are serving under 
the office of the Provost Marshal General. 

3. In the interpretation of paragraph 1, Circular No. 75, War Department, 
1918, officers who at any time prior to publication of General Orders, No. 78. 
War Department, 1918, held temporary commissions in the Regular Army will 
not be considered as holding commissions of any kind in the Regular Army 
and may be discharged. Retired officers holding emergency commissions do 
hold commissions in the Regular Army and will not be discharged under Cir¬ 
cular No. 75, War Department, 1918, from any commission held by them; 
recommendations for discharge in such cases will he forwarded to The Adjutant 
General of the Army. 

4. Subparagraph 6, paragraph 5, Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918. 
provides that officers in arrest, under charges or serving sentence of a general 
court-martial will not be discharged under provisions of that circular. Com¬ 
manding officers will forward without delay to The Adjutant General of the 
Army, through military channels, a report of each such case now existing or 
that may occur in future, setting forth the circumstances in full, and making 
such recommendation relative to the disposition of the case as is considered for 
the best interests of the service. 

5. Subparagraph c, paragraph 5, Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918, 
states that officers having had money or property accountability and who have 
not a clearance therefor will not be discharged. The clearance therein referred 
to is not a final clearance as a result of final auditing and acceptance of prop¬ 
erty or fund returns; it is such clearance as the local commander considers 
reasonable protection to the Government in view r of the provisions of the ninety- 
fourth article of war. In general, if an officer can account to his commanding 
officer for property or funds of which he has been custodian by receipts of 
successors or others to whom funds or property have been transferred or by 
rendition of a final return, he has a sufficient clearance to be available for dis¬ 
charge. Final payments of such officers are governed by the provisions of Cir¬ 
cular No. 85, War Department, 1918. An officer may be available for discharge, 
but not entitled to receive his final pay. 

6. The selection of and statement in the discharge order of a future date 
when the discharge will be effective is authorized and recommended in those 
cases where the station of the officer is other than that of the officer issuing 
the discharge order. This authority, as well as the date on which a discharge 
Is effective, are set forth in XIII-D-9a, page 451, Digest of Opinions of the 
Judge Advocates General, 1912. 

7. Where the station of an officer to be discharged is other than that where 
the order is issued the appendix to file record card should be held at the officer’s 
station until the order for discharge is received. Acknowledgment of receipt of 
notice of discharge should then be noted thereon as required by paragraph 6, 
Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, and the card then forwarded to accom¬ 
pany other records required by Circulars 73 and 75. 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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8. Should there be no officer’s qualification card at the station of the officer 
or at the office authorized to discharge, a new qualification card will be made 
out to accompany the records to be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the 
Army, as required by paragraph 3, Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918. 

9. Attention is directed to the fact that reports required by Circular No. 73, 
War Department, 1918, are to be furnished in all cases of separation from the 
service. Such reports are required, no matter from what source the order 
for discharge or acceptance of resignation may be issued. The requirement of 
Circular 73, that the records forwarded contain a copy of the authority for 
discharge, will be best met in all cases by forwarding a copy of the order sepa¬ 
rating the officer from the service. 

10. Paragraph 150, Army Regulations, provides that discharge certificates 
will be used for discharge of enlisted men and for no other purpose. Officers 
should be given as evidence of discharge a copy of the order separating them 
from the service. 

11. Whenever under instructions contained in Circular No. 106, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1918, detachments of enlisted men are sent to camps or posts designated 
as demobilization centers for the purpose of being discharged near their homes, 
officers not to exceed one officer to each twenty-five men may be sent with 
such detachments. The officers sent with such detachments should be avail¬ 
able for discharge upon reaching the demobilization center, and officers who 
will upon discharge at such center be entitled to travel pay for a less distance 
than if discharged at station from which sent. 

[210.8, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 125, December 7, 1918. 

Red Cross sweaters (rescission of Circular No. 99, War Department, 1918). 

Circular No. 99, War Department, 1918, is rescinded and the following sub¬ 
stituted therefor: 

Instructions contained in letters from The Adjutant General of the Army, 
dated March 11, 1918 (422, Misc. Div.), and September 24, 1918 (422, Pub. 
Div.), relative to Red Cross garments still remain in force, but enlisted men 
on discharge will be permitted to retain as their permanent property any 
sweaters or other wearing apparel or supplies donated by the Red Cross or 
other charitable organizations which they then have in their lawful possession. 

[422, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 128, December 9, 1918. 

Instructions for obtaining transportation for troop movements. 

1. In order that the railroad transportation facilities of the United States 
may be utilized to the best advantage during the process of distributing troops 
from ports of debarkation and from other points during the demobilization, 
and to enable the responsible officers to keep in close touch with the equipment 
that is being used and that is available for use, the following instructions which 
have been issued to the representatives of the Inland Traffic Service are pub¬ 
lished for the information and guidance of all concerned in troop movements, 
where troops are to be moved for discharge or other purposes: 

a. From camps, posts, or stations within the jurisdiction of the department 
commander, the following will be observed: 

If the movement consists of 50 or less, arrangements may be made directly 
with the carriers for movement to any destination. 

If the movement consists of more than 50, request should be made for routing 
and equipment upon the department quartermaster. 


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&. From camps, posts, or stations not within the jurisdiction of the depart¬ 
ment commander, the following will be observed: 

For movements of 50 or less, arrangements may be made directly with the 
interested carriers to any destination. 

Where the movement consists of more than 50, routing instructions will be 
requested from the Chief, Inland Traffic Service, Washington, D. C. 

c. Wherever a representative of the United States Railroad Administration 
is available, arrangements should be made with the carriers through such 
representative. 

2. In each case, under a, 0, and c, information as to when movement will be 
ready to take place will be given the Chief, Inland Traffic Service, Washington, 
D. C. 

[511, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 130, December 9, 1918. 

[Note. —This circular has been supplemented by section IV, Bui. No. 4, W. D., 1919, 
and by Cir. No. 2*9, W. D., 1919.] 

Enlistment of discharged temporary officers. 

1. Under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 30, 1918 (sec. 
Y, Bui. No. 22, W. D., 1918), all commanding officers are authorized to enlist 
former enlisted men of the Army of the United States who were discharged to 
accept a commission in any component part of the Army of the United States, 
and who, having been discharged from such commissions, tender themselves for 
enlistment within three months after the termination of their commissioned 
service. Upon acceptance, each enlisted man shall be appointed to the grade 
held by him before he was discharged to accept such commission. 

2. No applicant for 'reenlistment under this authority will be rejected until 
his case has been reported to The Adjutant General of the Army with a state¬ 
ment as to the disqualifications or other reasons for rejection and instructions 
to that effect having been received. 

3. Until the emergency is terminated by proclamation, the term of enlist¬ 
ment will be for the “ period of the emergency ” as at present prescribed by law. 

4. The names and arms of service of soldiers reenlisted under this authority 
will be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army by wire, with a view to 
instructions for their assignment. 

[342, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 147, December 13, 1918. 

Instructions regarding passes and furloughs involving railroad transportation. 

1. The attention of all concerned is directed to the importance of preventing 
railroad congestion which will interfere with authorized troop movements and 
the travel of discharged soldiers, and, with this end in view, to the importance 
of limiting, to the minimum, furloughs or passes, the granting of which with¬ 
out proper knowledge of traffic conditions is making such heavy demands upon 
the railroads for equipment. Commanding officers will so limit passes and 
furloughs as to relieve the pressure on railroads to which reference is made. 

2. It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that in cer¬ 
tain cases men upon discharge from the service have had insufficient pay due 
them to settle their indebtedness to the Government. In this respect care should 
be taken that men going on furlough have sufficient pay due or to become due 
not only to cover their return transportation from furlough, should they apply 
for Government transportation, but also to pay all other indebtedness to the 
United States. 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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3. Instances have arisen in which large numbers of men were granted passes 
or furloughs at such a late hour as to render impossible the purchase of rail¬ 
road tickets at initial points, and, in consequence of their riding on trains with¬ 
out tickets, in some cases depriving the railroads of compensation, and later 
concentrating at another station for tickets with which to complete their 
journey. In one t case, due to the large number of men arriving from outlying 
points without tickets, the railroads had no idea of the number of men for 
whom they would have to provide and from three to four hours were spent in 
selling tickets and making up trains. This could have been avoided by the 
timely sale of tickets at the initial stations, and the railroads would then have 
had advance information as to the accommodations to be provided en route. 
It is apparent in order to avoid such conditions that men to whom passes or 
furloughs are to be given, and particularly where large numbers are involved, 
should have such advance notice thereof as will permit the purchase of tickets 
at initial points. 

Commanding officers will take necessary action in this matter. 

[220.711, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 148, December 13, 1918. 

[Note. —This circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 182, W. D., 1918, and 
Circular No. 88, W. D., 1919.] 

Discharge of enlisted men without service records. 

When enlisted men who are without complete records of service are ordered 
discharged, they will be discharged on supplementary service records and 
pay cards and paid in full, including travel pay. The supplementary service 
record and pay card will be based on affidavits sworn to by the soldier. Each 
soldier will be informed that false affidavit makes him liable to prosecution 
for fraudulent claim, and that any arrears in pay due to lack of information 
may be obtained by making claim to the Auditor for the War Department. 

[242.6, A. G. 0.1 

Circular No. 153, December 14, 1918. 

Reduced rates. 

The following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 

The United States Railroad Administration reports that certain discharged 
officers desiring tickets at reduced rates from place of discharge to place to 
which entitled to travel pay fail to show orders for discharge, with notation 
thereon as to the place to which entitled to travel pay, as required by sub- 
paragraph g, paragraph 6, Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918. Ticket 
agents will decline to honor orders of officers or discharge certificates of enlisted 
men without this notation. 

[551.1, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 154, December 14, 1918. 

Travel allowances on discharge of officers commissioned at training camps from 

civilian candidates. 

In connection with paragraph 10, Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918, an 
officer commissioned at a training camp from a civilian candidate, and imme¬ 
diately placed on active duty as an officer at said camp, is entitled upon dis¬ 
charge to travel pay at 4 cents a mile from the place he is discharged to the 
place he would have been paid travel pay had he been discharged from the 
training camp as a candidate without commission. 

When discharged as candidates and commissioned, men of this class were 
not paid travel pay to their homes. 

[245.6, A. G. 0.1 


28 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 

Circular No. 155, December 17, 1918. 

Records of discharged officers. 

1. The individual records of discharged officers referred to in paragraph 3, 
Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, as amended by Circular No. 101, War 
Department, 1918, will be forwarded as hereinafter indicated,: 

a. For each individual officer, copy of authority for discharge or separation 
from active service, report of physical examination, and appendix to file record 
card will be fastened together with a paper clip. The package of these three 
records will then be fastened to the qualification card with another paper clip 
or rubber band and mailed directly to The Adjutant General of the Army. 

b. The notice of discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I. Form 333) 
will be forwarded by mail directly to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C. 

c. The records of more than one officer, arranged as in subparagraph a, 
may be forwarded in the same package or envelope, but packages should be 
securely wrapped to prevent injury to records in transit. 

2. The copy of authority for discharge oi* separation from active service 

referred to in Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, amended by Circular 
No. 101, War Department, 1918, is a copy of the special order relating to the 
discharge of the officer. The special order will be cited on appendix to file 
record card of officer under the heading “ The authority for separation-.” 

3. So much of the telegraphic instructions from The Adjutant General’s 
Office dated November 14, 1918, as relates to “ record of last payment and clear¬ 
ance of money and property accountability ” is rescinded, the matter being 
covered by paragraphs 12 and 13, Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918. 

4. Paragraph 7, Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918, will be complied 
with in detail. Copies of special orders relating to the discharge of officers are 
required to be sent to The Adjutant General of the Army under the provisions 
of paragraph 3, Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, but are not desired 
as part of the list to be sent daily to The Adjutant General of the Army, atten¬ 
tion Commissioned Personnel Branch. 

[201.3, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 162, December 18, 1918. 

Execution of final physical examination form. 

With reference to the physical examination of officers and enlisted men, as 
prescribed in subparagraph a, paragraph 22, Circular No. 73, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1918, all enlisted men transferred from one camp, post, or station to 
another for the purpose of discharge will be physically examined as to fitness 
for transfer at the camps, posts, or Stations from which transfer is made. The 
final physical examination prior to separation from the service will be made 
at the camps, posts, or stations at which men are actually separated from the 
service. 

[201.6, A. G. o.] 

Circular No. 165, December 21, 1918. 

Accounts of mess officers to be audited before discharge. 

Before an officer who is responsible for the funds and accounts of an officers’ 
mess is discharged, or transferred to a demobilization center for discharge, his 
accounts will be audited by an officer, preferably of the Regular Army, detailed 
for the purpose. The officer whose accounts are being audited will be required 
to furnish a certificate stating in effect that all bills for which he is responsible 



CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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and payment for which should have been made from the fund under considera¬ 
tion have been paid; or, in the event of nonpayment, a statement of outstanding 
bills, giving name of firm, period of time covered, amount due, and a brief 
explanation as to why not paid. 

If it is found that there are not sufficient funds in the hands of the officer 
to meet the outstanding obligations the commanding officer will use his judg¬ 
ment in arriving at a satisfactory adjustment. 

[158.1, A. G. Q.] 

Circular No. 166, December 21, 1918. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended by Circular No. 145, W. D., 1919.] 

Policy with reference to retention in the service of men who enlisted in the 

Regular Army prior to April 1, 1917, and members of the Regular Army Re¬ 
serve and Enlisted Reserve Corps. 

1. Men who enlisted in the Regular Army prior to April 1, 1917, and former 
members of the Regular Army transferred to the reserve and recalled to active 
duty, who now belong to organizations the personnel of which are ordered to 
be discharged, will not be discharged or furloughed back to the reserve. These 
men will be assigned or attached in their present grades to the nearest appro¬ 
priate units of the Eighth and Twentieth divisions, inclusive, or to the nearest 
appropriate unit in the Regular Army in the United States, not included in 
those divisions; provided that in case of men enlisted in the Cavalry their 
names will be reported to the commanding general, Southern Department, for 
assignment. 

2. Men who have been voluntarily enlisted subsequent to April 1, 1917, in¬ 
cluding members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps enlisted subsequent to April 1, 
1917, will be discharged under the general instructions for discharge when 
orders are received discharging units to which they are assigned or attached, 
or when they would be discharged were they drafted men. 

3. Members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps enlisted *prior to April 1, 1917, 
will be returned to the inactive list at the time when, were they drafted men, 
they would be discharged. The accounts of such men returned to the inactive 
list should be closed, a careful physical examination made of each man, final 
statements, including travel allowances, furnished them, and their service rec¬ 
ords forwarded to the proper department commanders. 

4. A weekly report by letter as of Saturday midnight will he made to The 
Adjutant General of the Army, attention room 160, giving the number of men 
and branch of the service to which so assigned or attached, and the number 
of men returned to the inactive list. 

[326.1, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 167, December 23, 1918. 

Privilege of wearing uniform to be explained to soldiers upon discharge. 

Incident to the demobilization of the Army, before men ip the service are 
finally given their discharge, the commanding officer of the camp, post, or 
station at which they are to be discharged will require each group to be assem¬ 
bled and addressed by an officer, preferably by the trained representative of the 
Morale Section, if one be present, to invite their attention to the privilege thus 
granted them by Congress to wear the uniform of their country and to appeal to 
them as men to wear it with honor, as they did as soldiers, and to be par¬ 
ticular about their conduct, appearance, association, and habits. The steady 
men, who are always greatly in the majority, and the noncommissioned officers 
should be advised that they are responsible as good citizens to see that the 


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uniform is not disgraced and that their example will restrain those who are 
disposed to abuse their liberty and their uniforms. 

In order that proper supervision may be given to this matter, the officer 
designated to make the address will in every case first acquaint the command¬ 
ing officer with the gist of his proposed address, and receive the commanding 
officer’s approval thereof before addressing the men 
[421, A. G. 0.1 

Circular No. 169, December 23, 1918. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended by Circular No. 166, W. D., 1919.] 

Amendment of Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918. 

1. Subparagraphs a and b, paragraph 13, and subparagraph c, paragraph 15, 
Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, are amended to read as follows. 

13. a. When organizations or two or more enlisted men are separated from 
the service at the same time, the service record, pay card, and report of physical 
examination for each man will be securely fastened together before being placed 
in a package for shipment. 

b. The completed sets of individual records will be wrapped together in a 
package with a list or roster, as the case may be, showing name, rank, organi¬ 
zation, and Army serial number of the men whose papers are forwarded. The 
package will be labeled and marked to show: (1) Contents, (2) organization to 
which they pertain, (3) by whom sent, and addressed to The Adjutant General 
of the Army, Washington, D. C. 

15. c. (1) Duty roster. (2) Individual equipment record, after being closed, 
except when articles are entered thereon as having been lost or destroyed. In 
this case the organization commander will certify on the record that the proper 
charge has been entered oh the pay roll for the articles lost or destroyed. Im¬ 
mediately below the organization commander’s certificate the soldier will sign a 
statement acknowledging the loss or destruction of the articles and that the 
charge is just. The individual equipment record will then be included with the 
service record, pay card, and report of physical examination and forwarded to 
The Adjutant General of the Army, as prescribed in subparagraph b, para¬ 
graph 13. (3) Charge sheet, company file. (4) Extract from service record. 

(5) Miscellaneous memoranda, except those containing material information 
relating to the services of officers or enlisted men or to the history of the or¬ 
ganization. (See (8), subparagraph a.) 

The above records may be destroyed after verification by and under the super¬ 
vision of a field officer designated by the camp, station, or regimental com¬ 
mander for this duty. 

2. Under the provisions of paragraph 21, Circular No. 73, War Department, 
1918, a copy of the memorandum entitled “Information relative to compensa¬ 
tion and continuance of war-risk insurance” is furnished to each officer and sol¬ 
dier upon discharge. In some cases carbon copies of this memorandum have 
been included among the records sent to The Adjutant General of the Army for 
file. Duplicates are neither required nor desired, and this practice will be 
discontinued. 

[201.3, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 170, December 23, 1918. 

Discharge of enlisted men indebted for transportation. 

Soldiers returning from furlough who have been furnished Government trans¬ 
portation to enable them to rejoin their proper stations will be charged with the 
cost of such transportation at commercial rates. In cases where a copy of the 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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charge letter has not been received from the officer issuing the transportation 
request, the soldier’s immediate commanding officer will ascertain the cost, at 
commercial rates, from the proper railway officials and enter the amount on pay 
roll or final statement under appropriate heading. 

The soldier will be informed of his rights in the matter, and, if entitled to 
reimbursement from contractors by whom employed, should be advised to apply 
to them, through military channels, for the amount due him for return trans¬ 
portation, giving in every case his permanent address. 

[242.65, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 172, December 24, 1918. 

Disposition of enlisted casuals passing through the ports of embarkation. 

1. All casual enlisted men returning from overseas who have not been formed 
into casual companies by State or locality before leaving the American Expedi¬ 
tionary Forces, and all casual enlisted men left behind at ports of debarkation 
by casual companies so formed, upon their departure for their designated 
demobilization camps, will be disposed of by commanding generals, ports of 
debarkation, as follows: 

a. Those enlisted men who entered the service within 350 miles of ports of 
debarkation will be transferred from Hoboken to either Camp Dix or Camp 
Upton, and from Newport News to Camp Lee, for discharge, under the pro¬ 
visions of Circular No. 106, War Department, 1918, as modified by Circular No. 
149, War Department, 1918. 

b. All other enlisted men not covered by a above will be sent for discharge in 
accordance with paragraph 2, Circular No. 106, War Department, 1918, except 
as regards officers accompanying detachments. The provisions of Circular No. 
106, War Department, 1918, will be strictly observed. 

Detachments of enlisted men disposed of under this paragraph will be in 
charge of an officer on permanent duty at the port concerned, who will, upon 
arrival of his detachment at its destination, return to the port to which he 
pertains. 

Casual detachments formed under paragraph b will be designated serially 
from 1 up, ns follows: Hoboken Casual Detachment No. 1, Newport News 
Casual Detachment No. 1, etc. 

2. Enlisted men left behind by organizations which have departed from the 
port for demobilization camps will be forwarded upon return to the camp to 
which their organization has been sent for demobilization. 

[322.981, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 174, December 26, 1918. 

Registration of discharged soldiers at office of city or town clerk. 

All officers and soldiers will be notified upon discharge that the governors of 
several States have asked that men who have served in the Army, register, upon 
returning home, with their respective town, city, or county clerks, or other 
appropriate officials. This action is requested on the part of all those returning 
to communities in which opportunity is afforded for such registration, with a 
view to the establishment of complete lists, both for convenience in making 
plans to welcome returning soldiers and also for permanent historical record. 

[1Z20.81, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 176, December 26, 1918. 

Disposition of unclaimed personal effects of officers and enlisted men. 

In connection with the demobilization of the Army, abandonment of camps, 
posts, etc., in the United States or its insular possessions, and in the American 
Expeditionary Forces, Siberia, unclaimed personal effects, the identity of the 
owner of which has been lost or is unknown, will be sold at public auction, after 
due notice of same has been published, under the supervision of the command¬ 
ing officer of the post, camp, or station. 

The proceeds of this sale, with a detailed report of the sale, including the 
name of the article, the price for which it was sold, and the name and perma¬ 
nent address of the person to whom sold, will then be turned over to a finance 
officer having money accountability, who will furnish the commanding officer of 
the post, camp, or station with duplicate receipts showing clearly the nature 
of this deposit. The finance officer will then deposit this money to the credit of 
the Treasurer of the United States, “ Miscellaneous receipts,” and forward 
by registered mail the original record of deposit with report of sale to The 
Adjutant General of the Army for submission to the Auditor for the War 
Department, who, under the provisions of section 3, Chapter VI, of the act of 
Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bui. No. 43, W. D., 1918), is the proper person 
to examine into and settle such claims as may hereafter be made for the 
property in question. A duplicate copy of the record of deposit and report of 
sale will be mailed to the Money Accounts Division, Office of the Director of 
Finance. A third copy of the record of deposit will accompany the money 
accounts of the finance officer who handles the transaction as an appendix to 
his account current. 

All effects of deceased members of the American Expeditionary Forces are 
now disposed of under regulations of the Effects Bureau, Port of Embarkation, 
Hoboken, N. J. 

[220.871, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 177, December 26, 1918. 

Date of separation from service. 

In the preparation of the records for final separation of officers from the 
service, as provided in Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, the following 
instuctions with respect to the'date of separation from service must be observed: 

The date required in the heading of the “ Appendix to file record card of 
officer” (subparagraph c, paragraph 3, of Circular No. 73, W. D., 1918) must 
show the date of actual separation from the service, and in no case will it show 
a date prior to that of actual separation. 

[201.3, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 182, December 30, 1918. 

Final pay accounts, members Army Nurse Corps. 

The provisions of Circular No. 148, War Department, 1918, relating to the 
discharge of enlisted men without complete records of service, and directing 
their discharge on supplementary service records and pay cards based on affi¬ 
davits sworn to by the soldier, are extended to include members of the Army 
Nurse Corps in the preparation of their final pay accounts. 

[242.6, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 183, December 30, 1918. 

Amendment of Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918. is amended so as to 
exclude Camp Wheeler from the list of camps enumerated therein. 

[704.2, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 185, December 30. 1918. 

[Note.—T his circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 276, W. D., 1919.] 

Certificate of discharge for officers. 

1. Two forms of certificate of discharge for officers are being distributed. 

2. Form No. 525-2, A. G. O., will be given by commanding officers of camps, 
posts, or stations to each officer honorably discharged from service in the United 
States Army at the time of discharge and will contain the following data: 

a. On first blank line on face of certificate will he entered the full name of 
the officer. 

h. On second blank line will be placed the rank and organization held at 
time of discharge. 

c. The entry of place will be the camp, post, or station from which discharged 
and the date, that of separation from the service. 

(1. The data to be placed on the back of certificate will be taken, so far as 
possible, from the records. If full records are not available the data may be 
taken from a certificate of the officer. 

3. Form No. 525-3, A. G. O., will be given by the chiefs of staff corps and 
departments to the officers discharged by them and the entries will be as pre¬ 
scribed in paragraph 2. 

4. Officers discharged prior to the receipt of these instructions and who were 
not given certificates at the time of discharge may apply for certificates to The 
Adjutant General of the Army. 

[210.8, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 186, December 30, 1918. 

Discharge of enlisted men from permanent camp or post organizations. 

It is the intention of the War Department that enlisted men assigned to per¬ 
manent camp or post organizations who can establish clearly the fact that they 
are entitled to discharge under the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1918, shall not be denied the privilege of discharge because their services 
can not lie spared, if it is practicable to replace them. Commanding officers 
authorized by that circular to discharge enlisted men will transfer suitable men 
from organizations under their command to permanent organizations of the 
same camp or post to replace such men who otherwise can not be spared. In 
making transfers under this authority interests of the organization from which 
men are transferred will be considered. 

Transfers under the above authority will not be made from a permanent 
camp or post organization which belongs to a staff corps or department, except 
with the approval of the chief of the staff corps or department concerned, un¬ 
less they are approved by the local commander of the organization concerned. 

[220.33, A. G. O.] 


127946—19-3 



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Circular No. 187, December 30, 1918. 

Discharge of personnel of staff corps attached to line and other organizations. 

In all cases where line or other organizations are ordered demobilized and the 
personnel therein discharged, it is intended that the personnel of the Medical 
Department and other staff corps attached to such organizations will be dis¬ 
charged from the service in proportion to the discharge of the personnel of 
the organizations to which attached. 

These instructions will not be construed as modifying Circular No. 91, War 
Department, 1918, relative to the discharge of personnel detachments. 

[220.81, A. G. 0.] 

Circular No. 188, December 31, 1918. 

[Note.— This circular has been amended by Circular No. 124, W. D., 1919.] 

Interpretation of instructions relative to the discharge of disabled soldiers. 

1. In order that the provisions of paragraph 2, section II, Bulletin No. 36, 
War Department, 1918, may not unduly retard the discharge from the service 
of men clearly unfit for military service, the following interpretation of the 
spirit of this paragraph is published: 

a. Subparagraph a is intended to provide for the complete cure or maximum 
restoration of men incapacitated because of military service. Subparagraph b 
is intended to provide for the retention in the service of such disabled men until 
such time as their maximum restoration has been obtained. There will be 
many cases that will not be benefited by further sojourn in hospitals, conva¬ 
lescent centers, or development battalions. These should be promptly dis¬ 
charged. The surgeon who has the case in hand must be the judge, as to 
whether or not maximum restoration has been secured, or if, after treatment 
in the hospital in which the patient is located is completed, the case will be 
further benefited by transfer to another hospital, convalescent center, or de¬ 
velopment battalion. Cases which in the opinion of the surgeon will be 
further benefited should be promptly transferred. 

There will, furthermore, be many cases of disabled men who either possess 
funds or who have relatives or friends in position to afford them specialized 
care after discharge. In these cases disabled men may be discharged, but not 
until the responsible commanding officer has fully determined that continued 
treatment and care is assured. The fact that a man (his continued treatment 
and care being assured) is being discharged, either at his own request or at 
the request of the relative or friend, will be noted on the report rendered in 
connection with the soldier’s physical examination prior to discharge. This 
notation will include the names and addresses of the persons assuming re¬ 
sponsibility for such continued treatment and care. 

The provisions of paragraph 2, section II, Bulletin No. 36, War Department, 
1918, as interpreted above, will govern both for officers and enlisted or drafted 
men. In this connection, convalescent centers and development battalions are 
intended for enlisted or drafted men only. 

5. The provisions of paragraph 1, Circular No. 93, War Department, 1918, 
intend that the cases of all men who have acquired a lower physical standard 
than that given them when they entered the service shall be promptly acted 
upon by the board of review in order that men may be discharged immediately 
after the board of review certifies that the maximum improvement has been ob¬ 
tained or that physical disabilities have not been exaggerated or accentuated 
as a result of service in line of duty. Instructions on page 4, Form No. 135-3, 
A. G. O., should be harmonized accordingly. 


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2. During the demobilization of the present Army, commanding officers of 
general hospitals will dispose of patients in such hospitals who are enlisted or 
drafted men as follows: 

a. Men who entered the service since April 1, 1917, and who, after hospital 
treatment, are fit to return to full duty, will be sent for discharge to the 
demobilization center nearest their place of entrance into service as indicated in 
Circular No. 106, War Department, 1918, amended by Circular No. 122, War 
Department, 1918. 

1). Men, without regard to date of entry into the service, who have since 
become disabled, or who had disabilities prior to their entrance into the service 
which have been aggravated or made worse by service, said disabilities not 
being due to their own misconduct, will be transferred to convalescent centers 
as prescribed in Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, amended by Circular 
No. 188, War Department, 1918, provided further benefit can be expected by 
additional treatment, training, and hardening processes. 

c. Men, without regard to date of entry into the service, who have become 
disabled either prior to or since entry into the service, due to venereal disease, 
and who need further treatment but do not necessarily require hospital care, 
will be transferred to the development battalion nearest their place of entrance 
into service. 

d. The cases that can not be benefited by further treatment in hospitals 
or by transfer to convalescent centers or development battalions will be dis¬ 
charged on Form No. 17, A. G. O. (certificate of disability), in accordance with 
existing instructions. Existing instructions will govern in the discharge of all 
eases of disability due to their own misconduct. 

e. Men who entered the service on or before April 1, 1917, who become fit 
for full duty will be returned to their organizations if said organizations belong 
to the Regular Army and are stationed in this country. All other such men, 
except those belonging to the Cavalry and those whose branch of service is not 
represented in the Regular Army, will be sent to the nearest appropriate units 
of the Eighth to Twentieth divisions, inclusive, or to the nearest appropriate 
unit in the Regular Army in the United States not in those divisions. The 
names of such enlisted men in the Cavalry will be reported to the commanding 
general, Southern Department, for assignment. Those whose branch of service 
is not represented in the Regular Army will be sent to the nearest depot brigade. 
Men of those classes transferred will be assigned or attached to appropriate 
organizations in their present grades. 

f. Commanding officers of general hospitals are authorized to transfer direct 
the cases enumerated in subparagraphs a, b, c, and e above and such other cases 
as may need treatment which can be given only in another hospital. 

3. Whenever Form No. 17, A. G. O., is used in lieu of Form No. 135-3, 
A. G. O., a carbon copy will be prepared and transmitted to the Bureau of War 
Risk Insurance, as provided for in paragraph 2, Circular No. 73, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1918. 

4. The designation “ oversea convalescent detachments,” as provided for in 
Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, is hereby changed to “ convalescent 
centers.” They will be used as concentration points not only for oversea con¬ 
valescents but for convalescents from the forces in this country, including 
the few remaining cases in development battalions whose disabilities are not 
due to their own misconduct. The quarters selected for convalescent centers 
should be selected in an attractive part of the camp, and whenever practicable 
should be near the various welfare centers conducted by the Y. M. C. A., the 
American Red Cross, and other civilian organizations. 


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CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


5. In view of the signing of the armistice and of the above provisions, the 
necessity for development battalions as organized under General Orders, No. 
45, War Department, 1918, ceases to exist except for the further treatment of 
venereal cases and for men held for reasons other than physical disability who 
are awaiting discharge. Experienced personnel no longer needed in develop¬ 
ment battalions should be utilized in convalescent centers. In this connection, 
as stated in paragraph 4, Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, it is only by 
thorough cooperation on the part of line and medical officers that the best 
results can be obtained. The results desired are the maximum restoration of 
these men in the shortest time possible. Therefore the assignment to physical 
drill, exercises, fatigue, the granting of passes or furloughs, etc., should be 
made only after consultation between the responsible line and medical officers. 

[220.811, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 1, January 2, 1919. 

Discharge of former National Guard enlisted men. 

In accordance with the proclamation of the President, dated July 3, 1917, 
and subsequent proclamations, drafting the National Guard into the Federal 
service, all persons so drafted stand discharged from the militia and are 
thereafter subject to the laws and regulations governing the United States 
Army. When discharged from the United States Army for any cause, all such 
persons revert to a civilian status. All former National Guard officers and men 
who were drafted into the Federal service may therefore be discharged, if 
eligible for discharge under existing instructions. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 6 , January 6 , 1919. 

[Note. — This circular has been supplemented by Circulars Nos. 30, 40, and 152, 
W. D., 1919.] 

Delay in discharge of enlisted men for urgent reasons. 

1. Applications for immediate discharge under the provisions of Circular No. 
77, War Department, 1918, will be acted upon as expeditiously as possible, and 
the applicants will be informed without unnecessary delay of the action taken. 
Deserving cases should be investigated, and where the applicants have not cor¬ 
rectly or fully stated their reasons for asking immediate discharge, officers 
should render such assistance as may be necessary to correct them so that the 
applications may be properly presented and acted upon. 

2. Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, was issued to relieve domestic 
distress and to release men whose individual services are shown to be urgently 
needed and indispensable to an industry or occupation. In passing on applica¬ 
tions under the latter head, the test to be applied is not the existence of a gen¬ 
eral shortage of labor in any trade or business, but the value to a given em¬ 
ployer or business of the particular individual concerned, and the impracti¬ 
cability of securing a substitute. It will be found that nearly all cases properly 
coming under this head are cases of resumption of a former position in which an 
individual has been specially trained, 

3. All applications for discharge under the provisions of Circular No. 77 will 
receive careful and conscientious consideration and prompt action. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 8. January 7, 1919. 

Return of knitted garments. 

Attention is directed to the fact that the memorandum issued by the com¬ 
forts committee of the Navy League of the United States, relative to collect¬ 
ing knitted garments from soldiers about to be discharged, is without authority 
of either the War or the Navy Departments. 

Enlisted men will not be required to surrender their knitted garments. Any 
who desire to do so will be instructed to turn them over to the nearest agent 
of the American Red Cross. 

[420, A. G. O. J 

Circular No. 9, January 7, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended by Circular No. 28, W. D., 1019.] 

War-risk insurance—No action to be taken on final statements with respect 

to insurance premiums. * 

It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that in many 
instances the Notice of Discharge (Treasury Department, W. R. I. Form 383), 
bears the notation “ Final statement ” after the item “ Last month for which 
premium checked on pay roll.” This practice is contrary to instructions and 
will be discontinued. 

Attention is directed to the letter from The Adjutant General of the Army, 
dated January 30, 1918, subject “ Prorating insurance premiums,” and to sub- 
paragraph b, paragraph 8, Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918, as amended 
by Circular No. 119, War Department, 1918. Under the provisions of these 
instructions, at the time of separation from the service no action need be taken 
by the Army in adjusting insurance premiums, and premiums will not be pro¬ 
rated but will be discontinued as of the last day of the month preceding the 
month in which separated from active service unless separated on the last day 
of a month, in which case the allotments will be discontinued with date of 
separation. 

In all cases, therefore, no notation as to insurance premiums will be made 
on final statements and insurance premiums will not be prorated. The nota¬ 
tion to be made on the Notice of Discharge is the last month for which pre¬ 
miums have been paid by withholding of such premiums on pay rolls. 

[004.61, A. G.O.] 

Circular No. 10, January 10, 1919. 

Amendment to Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, as amended by Cir¬ 
cular No. 183, War Department, 1918, is further amended so as to exclude Camp 
MacArthur from the list of camps enumerated therein. 

[300.51, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 11, January 10, 1919. 

Entry of soldier’s prior organization on discharge certificate. 

In case an enlisted man is transferred from an organization to unassigned, 
or to another organization for the purpose of discharge, there will be added in 
parentheses after the name and designation of the soldier on the face of his 
discharge certificate, at the time of discharge, the name of the organization to 
which, according to available records, he was last assigned ; e. g., “ John Doe, 
1000000, sergeant, Infantry, unassigned (last assigned, Company A, 1st 
Infantry).” 

[220.84, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 12, January 10, 1919. 

Disposition of pet animals abandoned by troops at demobilization camps. 

It 'has been brought to the attention of the War Department that troop 

units, which have had dogs or other pet animals in their care as mascots, have 

abandoned them upon demobilization and that these animals are now outcasts 

and wanderers. Units should be instructed to make proper disposition of such 

animals, in accordance with the well-known sentiments of the societies for 

the prevention of cruelty to animals, prior to the demobilization of the unit 

/ 

and the departure of its .members for their homes. 

[454, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 14, January 11, 1919. 

Transfer to arm or corps “ unassigned ” of men sent to demobilization centers 
for discharge. 

Enlisted men sent to demobilization centers or other authorized stations for 
discharge should be transferred, without loss of grade, as “ unassigned ” in 
arm of service or staff corps or department to which they belong, and the 
service-record indorsement accomplishing the transfer should so read. 

These instructions do not apply to detachments arriving from overseas and 
forwarded as detachments from ports of debarkation to demobilization centers 
or other designated stations for discharge. 

[220.45, A. G. O.J 

Circular No. 15, January 13, 1919. 

Definition of “place of induction.” 

Under the provisions of subparagraph b, paragraph 6, Circular No. 85, War 
Department, 1918, upon the discharge of enlisted men inducted under the 
Selective Service Regulations travel pay is paid from the place of separation 
from the service to “ the place of induction.” This is always the site of the local 
board to which the registrant reported (Form 1028, P. M. G. O.) for immediate 
military service. In a large majority of cases this was the same as his local 
board of registration or origin. In some cases it was, for geographical con¬ 
venience, some other local board or board of transfer. In those exceptional 
cases, where the drafted men reported for military service direct to camp or 
station and not to a local board for entrainment to camp or station, his “ place 
of induction ” will nevertheless be taken to be the local board to which he was 
ordered to report on Form 1028. 

“ Point of entrance into the military service,” as used in paragraph 1, Circular 
No. 106, War Department, 1918, will be construed to be the same as “ place of 
induction,” as above defined, so far as drafted men are concerned. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 16, January 13, 1919. 

[Note.-— This circular has been supplemented by Circulars Nos. 55, 72, 247, and 261, 
W. D., 1919.] 

Furlough to Reserve of enlisted men of Regular Army, on account of depend¬ 
ents. 

Department commanders within the United States, commanders of ports of 
embarkation, and commanders of camps not under the jurisdiction of depart¬ 
ment commanders or of chiefs of bureaus of the War Department are authorized 
to furlough enlisted men of the Regular Army to the Reserve upon their own 


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application, in the event that they have completed their prescribed term of 
active service and that the fact is established by proper proof that they have 
dependents who are unable to adequately support themselves without assistance 
which the enlisted men can not render in the position which they occupy in the 
Army. 

Cases not covered in these instructions, which after thorough and complete 
investigation by the proper authorities appear to deserve consideration, will be 
submitted to the War Department for decision. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 21, January 14, 1919. 

Appointment of officers. 

1. For the time being there is a sufficient number of officers holding tempo¬ 
rary commissions for the period of the emergency to supply any deficit that may 
now or in the near future exist in the Regular Army. 

2. An opportunity to submit applications for future appointment in the 
Regular Army is being given to all officers holding temporary commissions. It 
is essential that all such officers have an equal chance for appointment to such 
vacancies as may exist when the future size and composition of the permanent 
establishment have been determined. Moreover, changes in law and regulations 
relative to eligibility for appointment may occur and such changes should be 
applicable to all alike. 

3. In view of the above no original appointments to commission in the perma¬ 
nent establishment, except of graduates of the United States Military Academy, 
will be made until such time as the requirements due to reorganization are 
known. 

[210.1, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 22, January 15, 1919. 

Qualification cards and final ratings of discharged officers. 

1. Paragraph 7, Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, is amended by add¬ 
ing the following: 

The words, “ Final rating ” will be written or stamped immediately after or 
under the space on the qualification card where rating is entered. 

2. When an officer is about to be sent to a demobilization camp and there be 
discharged, he will be given a final rating before transfer. 

3. Attention is called to the necessity of completing qualification card under 
the heading “ Military experience,” as provided in paragraph 7, Circular No. 
73, War Department, 1918. 

[324.122, A. G. 0.] 

Circular No. 23, January 15, 1919. 

[Note.—T his circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 34, W. D., 1919.] 
Retention of enlisted men desiring to remain in the service temporarily. 

Officers authorized or directed to discharge units or detachments of enlisted 
men will in all cases retain such men as desire to stay in the service temporarily, 
even though these men do not wish to remain in the Regular Army. Such men 
will be utilized, as far as practicable, to replace men of units not ordered de¬ 
mobilized, who are eligible for discharge under the provisions of Circular No. 
77, War Department, 1918, as supplemented by Circulars Nos. 91 and 186, War 
Department, 1918, and Circular No. 6, War Department, 1919, but whose services 


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could not otherwise be spared. If such disposition is not practicable, these 
men will be attached or assigned to most convenient units where their services 
will be useful. No soldier retained under these instructions will be reduced 
in grade as an incident of his transfer hereunder, but will be carried as an 
extra number, if necessary. 

[342, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 24, January 17, 1919. 

[Note.— This circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 232, W. D., 1919.] 

Remarks on discharge certificates of officers and enlisted men. 

1. In connection with the discharge of enlisted men, there will be shown in k 
the space for “ Remarks ” on the reverse side of the discharge certificate the 
designation of all organizations in which the soldier has served during his cur¬ 
rent enlistment, or since induction into the military service, with inclusive dates 
of service. 

Examples: 

a. “ Co. B, 41st N. Y. Inf., Aug. 5/17, to Nov. 14/17; Co. C, 165th Inf., Nov. 
15/17, to date of discharge.” 

b. “Co. B, 4th Ala. Inf. and 167th Inf., June 21/16, to Mar. 29/18; 141st 
M. G. Bn., Apr. 1/18 to Jan. 15/19.” 

c. “ Co. I, 20th Inf., May 1/17 to June 10/17; Co. A, 15th M. G. Bn., June 
11/17 to Apr. 10/18; Hq. Co., 61st Inf., Apr. 11/18 to Feb. 1/19.” 

d. “ Co. C, 310th Inf., Sept. 5/17 to Jan. 29/19.” 

2. If the soldier has served in the Expeditionary Forces overseas there will 
also be shown under “ Remarks ” the name of the country or countries in which 
he served and the dates of departure from and return to the United States. 

In case of service with the Expeditionary Forces in Siberia and departure 
for such service was from stations outside the continental limits of the United 
States, it will be so noted. 

Examples: 

a. “ Served in France; left U. S. May 10/18, arrived U. S. Jan. 1/19.” 

b. “ Served in England and France; left U. S. Aug. IQ/18, arrived U. S. 
Dec. 4/18.” 

c. “ Served in England and Russia; left U. S. June 17/18, arrived U. S. 
Dec. 18/18.” 

d. “ Served in France and Italy; left U. S. Apr. 6/18, arrived U. S. Jan. 
10/19.” 

e. “ Served in Siberia; left U. S. Oct. 30/18, arrived U. S. Jan. 2/19.” 

f. “ Served in Siberia; left P. I. Oct. 27/18, arrived in U. S. Jan. 5/19.” 

3. Service with Expeditionary Forces overseas and the organizations or staff 
corps or departments with which they served will be similarly noted on the 
discharge certificate of officers. 

4. Data will be obtained from records available at place of discharge. If 
the available records do not give full information, the men discharged will be 
notified that the missing information may be obtained on application to The 
Adjutant General of the Army. In no case will these instructions be inter¬ 
preted so as to delay the discharge of any person, whose discharge has been 
directed, for the purpose of obtaining missing data. 

[201.3, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 28, January 20, 1919. 

Amendment to Circular No. 9, War Department, 1919. 

The third paragraph, Circular No. 9, War Department, 1919, is amended as 
follows: 

Strike out the first sentence. 

Change the second sentence to read as follows: 

The notation to be made on the notice of discharge (Treasury Department, 
W. R. I. Form No. 333) is the last month for which premiums have been paid 
by withholding of such premiums on pay rolls or final statement. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 30, January 21, 1919. 

[Note.—T his circular has been supplemented by Circulars Nos. 40 and 152, W. D., 

1919.] 

Extension of the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, to 
Alaska, Canal Zone, and insular possessions. 

The provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, as supplemented 
by Circular No. 186, War Department, 1918, and Circular No. 6, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1919, are extended to include those men enlisted for the emergency, who 
are now in the Philippine Islands, Hawaii, Canal Zone, Porto Rico, and Alaska. 
The appropriate department commanders will discharge those men who are 
eligible for discharge under the provisions of these circulars, or transfer them 
to the United States for discharge under the provisions of Circular No: 106, 
War Department, 1918, as amended or supplemented by Circulars Nos. 122, 149, 
162, War Department, 1918, and Circulars Nos. 10, 13, 15, and 17, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1919. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 33, January 23, 1919. 

Amendment to Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, as amended by Cir¬ 
cular No. 183, War Department, 1918, and Circular No. 10, War Department, 
1919, is further amended so as to exclude Camp Sevier, S. C., from the list of 
camps enumerated therein. 

[300.51, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 34, January 23, 1919. 

Retention of men desiring to remain in the service temporarily. 

In connection with Circular No. 23, War Department, 1919, commanding 
officers will take steps to insure that every enlisted man in their command 
understands thoroughly that the War Department does not desire to discharge 
any soldier who can not secure civil employment. It will be made clear to every 
soldier that in place of being discharged, as he would be normally under orders 
for demobilization, he may remain in the miltary service upon his own written 
request until such time as he can secure employment. The fact that he requests 
to remain in the Army temporarily does not in any way operate to compel him 
to remain in the service for a long period of time against his will. Any man 
who would normally have been discharged had he not expressed his desire in 
writing to remain in the service may thereafter be discharged from the service 


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at liis own request whenever he thinks he may secure employment. All men 
who are retained temporarily under this authority will be attached to the most 
convenient unit and where their services will be most useful. 

[220.81, A. G. 0.1 

Circular No. 35, January 23, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been supplemented by Circulars Nos. 72, 247, and 261, 
W. D., 1919.] 

Discharge or furlough to the reserve of enlisted men of the Regular Army 

enlisted prior to April 1, 1917. 

It is not the policy of the War Department to discharge or furlough to the 
reserve enlisted men of the Regular Army who enlisted prior to April 1, 1917, 
and whose period of active service has not been completed, except in excep¬ 
tional cases coming within the provisions of section 29, Act of Congress ap¬ 
proved June 3, 1916 (Bui. No. 16, W. D., 1916). Such cases should be sub¬ 
mitted to the War Department for decision, accompanied by affidavits or other 
satisfactory evidence as required by section 29 of that act to establish facts. 

[201, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 38, January 24, 1919. 

[Note. — This circular has been amended by Circular No. 137, W. D., 1919.] 

War-risk insurance—Certification of payment of insurance premiums. 

Upon discharge or separation from active service, officers will prepare the 
following certificate and mail it to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury 
Department, Washington, D. C.: 

“ I certify that all premiums due and payable to date for any war-risk insur¬ 
ance granted to me have been fully paid either directly to the Bureau of War 
Risk Insurance or by deduction made by me on my pay vouchers during the 
period of my military service.” 


(Full name.) 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 


(Rank.) 


(Home address.) 


Circular No. 39, January 24, 1919. 

Disposition of post exchange funds on demobilization of participants. 

When temporary organizations in the United States, participants with other 
organizations in a post exchange, are ordered demobilized, their stock, after any 
dividends declared in strict conformity with the provisions of the first sentence 
of paragraph 17, Special Regulations No. 59, have been distributed, shall revert 
to the post exchange; provided that certified outstanding indebtedness of the 
organization, to an amount not greater than the established value of its share 
of the stock of the exchange at date of demobilization, may be turned over by 
the organization to the exchange and that indebtedness so certified will be paid 
by the exchange. When all organizations participating in the exchange are 
demobilized, exchange funds will be treated as prescribed for other funds in 
Circular No. 143, War Department, 1918. 

Where temporary and permanent organizations are participating in an ex¬ 
change, and all temporary organizations have been demobilized, the exchange 
stock of said temporary organizations shall be disposed of as provided for other 
funds in Circular No. 143, War Department, 1918, except that an amount of 



CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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such stock, not to exceed $10 per man for authorized strength of all organiza¬ 
tions then remaining in the exchange, shall remain in the exchange as stock of 
the organizations then participating. 

[123.7, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 41, January 25, 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Family allowances—Present war emergency (T. D. 38— 

W. R.). 

The following decision of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance (T. D. 38—- 
W. R.) is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 

The present war emergency, within the meaning of section 204 of the war- 
risk insurance act (Bui. 41, W. D., 1918), shall be deemed to terminate upon 
the date which the President of the United States by proclamation shall declare 
to be the termination of such emergency for the purposes of Article II of the 
act; and all allowances payable under the provisions of Article II of the act 
shall continue to be paid until the expiration of one month after the date so 
fixed by the President. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 42, January 25, 1919. 


Divisional insignia. 

Circular No. 18, War Department, 1919, is rescinded and the following sub¬ 
stituted therefor: 

Officers, and enlisted men returning from France as casuals for the purpose 
of discharge will be permitted to wear insignia indicating the tactical division, 
Army corps, or Army with-which they served overseas. This applies not only 
to those who are to be immediately discharged, but also to those retained in 
hospitals, pending discharge. 

Officers and enlisted men returning as casuals not for discharge, but for 
active duty in this country, will be required to remove such insignia. 

Units returning from overseas for the purpose of demobilization will be per¬ 
mitted to wear divisional, Army corps, or Army insignia until demobilized. 
Units returned for station in this country, which are not to be demobilized, 
will be required to remove such insignia. 

[421.7, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 43, January 25, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 166, W. D., 1919.] 

Wearing of uniform by discharged soldiers. 

Present law authorizes a discharged officer or soldier to wear his uniform 
from the place of discharge to his home, within three months of the date of his. 
discharge from the service. Thereafter the officer may wear his uniform only 
upon occasions of ceremony. 

The enlisted man must return his uniform within four months of date of 
discharge, but can wear it only as stated above. 

An act is now before Congress which, if passed, will authorize enlisted men 
to keep the uniform which they are permitted to wear home, and to wear that 
particular uniform, only, provided some distinctive mark or insignia, to be 
issued by the War Department, shall be worn. 

It will thus be clearly seen that neither under existing or proposed law will 
a discharged soldier be permitted to wear uniforms made by civilian or other 


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CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


tailors. They may legally wear only the particular uniform which they have 
been permitted to retain. 

Commanding officers of camps, posts, and stations will give the widest pub¬ 
licity to this information, both among the soldiers of their commands and in the 
local press. No person will be permitted to solicit orders for, or deliver, uni¬ 
forms to soldiers about to be discharged. Persons or concerns persisting in sell¬ 
ing uniforms to such soldiers, after having been warned not to do so, will not be 
permitted to come on or do business on the reservation. 

[421, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 44, January 25, 1919. 

Noncompliance with War Department instructions regarding demobilization. 

1. Reports received at the War Department indicate that some camp com¬ 
manders have neglected to comply with the instructions contained in the third 
sentence of paragraph 2, Circular No. 106, War Department, 1918. Failure to 
ascertain whether ample accommodations are available at demobilization cen¬ 
ters, prior to forwarding detachments to such camps for discharge, has resulted 
in unnecessary hardship. 

Instances are of record where detachments have arrived at camps in severe 
weather and before suitable accommodations had been made available. This 
is clearly the result of neglect on the part of responsible officers, and corrective 
methods will be instituted at once. 

2. In order that demoblization may proceed in a systematic and efficient 
manner, commanding officers must familiarize themselves with existing War 
Department instructions on the subject, and they will take such action as may 
be necessary to determine that these instructions are complied with in all cases. 

[220.33, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 49, January 28, 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Information and assistance to be given disabled men in 

making claim for compensation. 

1. It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that the 
requirements of paragraph 2, Circular No. 82, War Department, 1918, are not 
being observed. Copies of reports of physical examination of enlisted men 
prior to separation from the service (Form No. 135-8, A. G. O.) are being sent 
to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance without being attached to the compensa¬ 
tion application blank (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I. Form 526). Also 
reports of physical examination are being forwarded to the Bureau of War Risk 
Insurance regardless of whether or not the soldier claims any physical disa¬ 
bility or is found to have any disability by the examining surgeon. 

The requirements of paragraph 2, Circular No. 82, War Department, 1918, 
will be strictly complied with and copies of the reports of physical examination 
will be forwarded to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance only as prescribed 
therein. 

2. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the instructions on the front page of the application 
of the person disabled in and discharged from the service (Treasury Depart¬ 
ment, B. W. R. I. Form 526) may be disregarded when the application is made 
out by the disabled person in camp and forwarded from the camp to the Bureau 
of War Risk Insurance with a copy of the report of physical examination (Form 
No. 135-3, A. G. O.) or surgeon’s certificate of disability. A certified copy of 
the soldier’s certificate of discharge is not required when the application comes 
directly from the camp or Army hospital through channels, and the report of 
an attending or examining physician on Treasury Department, B. W. R. I. 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


45 


Form 504, is made unnecessary by the copy of the report of physical examination 
on Form No. 135-8, A. G. O., or surgeon’s certificate of disability, which are 
supposed to accompany the compensation claim. 

3. Where the officer or enlisted man claiming compensation is married, has 
children, or a dependent father or dependent mother, Treasury Department, 
B. W. R. I. Form 526, executed by him at camp, will be stamped “Original,” and 
he will be furnished with a second Form 526-stamped “Supplemental,” so that 
he can incorporate in the blank affidavit on the last page of the form the proof 
required in support of liis claim relative to marriage, birth of children, and 
dependency. In order to assist him in securing the proper supplementary proof, 
paragraphs on the front page of the application incorporating the supplementary 
proof required in his particular case will be marked or checked in some distin¬ 
guishing manner by the officer furnishing him with the application. 

4. Every officer or enlisted man who executes a claim for compensation will be 
advised to notify the compensation section, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, 
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., of any change in his address that 
may occur after his separation from the service. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 52, January 30, 1919. 

Absentees from organization undergoing demobilization. 

1. All men assigned to an organization ordered demobilized, who are absent 
on furlough, without leave, sick, or on detached service, will be transferred 
therefrom, immediately prior to the demobilization of the organization, by the 
commanding officer of the camp, post, or station at which the organization is 
located. 

Such men will be transferred to a depot brigade or to an organization of the 
arm, staff corps, or department to which they belong, if one be present, provided 
appropriate vacancies exist therein. 

If assignments can not be made as above provided, such men will be trans¬ 
ferred as unassigned in the arm, staff corps, or department to which they be¬ 
long, and attached for purpose of records to an organization at the camp, post, 
or station. 

If such absentees are. under the jurisdiction of another commanding officer, 
notification of the transfer will be sent by letter, inclosing a copy of the order 
to such commanding officer. 

2. In case a camp, post, or station is being discontinued and no organization 
remains there to which such men can be assigned or attached, that fact will be 
communicated to the commanding officer of the camp, post, or station under 
whose jurisdiction the men may be, and the latter commanding officer will, there¬ 
upon, by the authority of this circular, transfer such men, when practicable, to 
an' organization under his own jurisdiction, as above indicated, or as unassigned 
in the arm, staff corps, or department to which the men belong. 

In case a man is absent without leave and not under the jurisdiction of an¬ 
other camp, post, or station commander, he will be transferred to unassigned 
in the arm, staff corps, or department to which lie belongs and a report will be 
rendered to The Adjutant General of the Army, through the commanding gen¬ 
eral of the department in which the discontinued camp is located, inclosing the 
individual records of the man concerned. 

3. Transfers, as above provided, will be made without loss of grade, except 
that in case no equivalent grade exists in the organization to which the transfer 
is made the men will be transferred to that grade in which the base pay is 
nearest that of their own grade. If noncommissioned officers are in excess of 


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tlie authorized strength of an organization and are attached, they will be carried 
as extra numbers in the arm, staff corps, or department to which they belong. 
Men absent without leave will be transferred under above authority in the 
grade of private. 

[220.33, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 54, January 31, 1919. 

Retention in service of enlisted men for the remount division. 

Commanding officers authorized by War Department orders to discharge en¬ 
listed men will ascertain and observe recommendations of the officer in charge, 
remount division, Washington, D. C., in discharging enlisted personnel assigned 
to remount depots or auxiliary, remount depots, except when such enlisted men 
are eligible for discharge on clearly established grounds of sickness or other dis¬ 
tress in the soldier’s family as contemplated under the provisions of Circular 
No. 77, War Department, 1918, as supplemented by Circular No. 6, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1919. 

[210, A. G. O.] 


Gircular No. 55, February 1, 1919. 

Extension of the provisions of Circular No. 16, War Department, 1919, fur¬ 
lough to the reserve. 

The provisions of Circular No. 16, War Department, 1919, are extended to in¬ 
clude all department commanders and commanders of posts, camps, or other 
stations not under the jurisdiction of the department commanders, in Alaska, the 
Canal Zone, and the insular possessions of the United States. 

[326.1, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 57, February 3, 1919. 

[Note.—T his circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 161, W. D., 1919.] 

War-risk insurance—Preparation of notice of discharge (Treasury Depart¬ 
ment, B. W. R. I. Form 333). 

It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that notices of 
discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I. Form 333) are forwarded to the 
Bureau of War Risk Insurance without being completed or containing the full 
information required. Many thousands of these forms have been received on 
which the date of discharge has not been entered. 

Commanding officers of camps, posts, and stations will require organization 
commanders and personnel adjutants to carefully check notices of discharge in 
order to see that they are complete before forwarding them to the Bureau of 
War Risk Insurance. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 59, February 4, 1919. 

Retention in military service of enlisted personnel trained in finance work. 

1. Commanding officers, who are authorized by War Department orders to 
effect the discharge of enlisted men, will secure and observe the recommenda¬ 
tions of zone supply officers with reference to the discharge of enlisted per¬ 
sonnel pertaining to zone-supply offices. 

2. Enlisted men belonging to organizations other than those under the im¬ 
mediate supervision of a camp or post supply officer who are detailed for duty 
in finance work in the office of the latter will be retained on such duty until 
their services are no longer required, except when they are clearly eligible for 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


47 


discharge on urgent grounds of sickness or distress in the soldier’s family, as 
provided for in Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918. In case the organiza¬ 
tion to which they belong is demobilized, they will be transferred without loss 
of grade as unassigned and carried as extra numbers in the arm, staff corps, or 
department to which they belong. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 60, February 4, 1919. 

Discharge of men enlisted or inducted in Hawaii. 

Enlisted men who, under the provisions of Circular No. 106, War Department, 
1918, and amendments thereto, should be discharged in the Hawaiian Depart¬ 
ment, will be transferred to the Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., and there held 
until transportation is available for their transfer to Honolulu, Hawaii. Upon 
arrival in Hawaii the commanding general, Hawaiian Department, will effect 
their discharge in accordance with general instructions of the War Department. 

The commanding officer of the Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., will make the 
necessary arrangements with the commanding general, Western Department, for 
the transfer of such men to Honolulu, Hawaii. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 61, February 6, 1919. 

Amendment to Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918—Certain camps dis¬ 
continued as convalescent centers. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, as amended by Cir¬ 
cular No. 183, War Department, 1918, and Circulars Nos. 10 and 33, War De¬ 
partment, 1919, is further amended so as to exclude Camp McClellan and Camp 
Wadsworth from the list of camps enumerated therein. 

[300.51, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 63, February 6, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 283, W. D., 1919.] 

Rescission of Circular No. 126, War Department, 1918—War-risk insurance— 

Report in case of nonpayment of allotments. 

Circular No. 126, War Department, 1918, as amended by Circular No. 178, 
War Department, 1918, and by Circulars Nos. 3 and 46, War Department, 1919, 
is rescinded, and the following substituted therefor: 

1. Upon the discharge of an enlisted man who has made a class A or class B 
allotment on which the allottee has not received any payments whatever, a re¬ 
port, giving the following information, will be made directly to the Bureau of 
War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.: 

a. First, middle, and last name. 

b. Rank and organization at time allotment was made. 

c. Army serial number. 

d. Name of allottee. 

e. Address of allottee. 

f. Kind of allotment. If class B, relationship must be stated. 

g. Amount of allotment. 

h. Total amount deducted from pay on account of allotment prorated to 
include date of discharge. 

i. Effective date of allotment. 

j . Date of discharge. 

k. Future address of enlisted man. 

l. Did enlisted man claim exemption from compulsory allotment? 

m. Has allottee received any payment at all? 


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2. Each enlisted man will be informed that should he find it necessary to 
write regarding his allotment, his letter should be addressed to the Bureau of 
War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., and should in? 
clude the data as set forth in paragraph 1. 

3. In case of the nonpayment of a class E allotment report will be made to 
the Zone Finance Officer, Allotment Branch, Washington, D. C. 

4. These reports will be signed by the organization commander. 

[004.01, A. (4. O.] 

Circular No. 65, February 6, 1919. 

Policy as to surplus noncommissioned officers arriving with organizations from 

overseas. 

Surplus noncommissioned officers who have been assigned or attached by com¬ 
petent authority of the American Expeditionary Forces to organizations return¬ 
ing to this country will not be reduced upon arrival because of the existence 
of an excess number in any grade either in the organizations in which they 
arrive or in organizations to which they may be assigned or attached under 
existing instructions while awaiting discharge. In such cases these men will 
be carried as extra numbers and will retain their rank and right to pay until 
discharged under existing instructions unless reduced for disciplinary reasons 
by proper authority. 

Noncommissioned officers arriving from overseas as casuals will likewise 
retain their rank and right to pay until discharged or reduced for disciplinary 
reasons by proper authority. 

[242.11, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 66, February 7, 1919. 

Policy in regard to discharge of men enlisted for emergency arriving from 

overseas. 

All enlisted personnel of the Army, except members of the Regular Army 
enlisted prior to April 1, 1917, upon arrival in this country from overseas will 
be either discharged or forwarded to the appropriate demobilization center for 
immediate discharge. Those who are physically ineligible for discharge will 
be disposed of in accordance with existing instructions and, as soon as they 
shall become eligible, will be promptly discharged or forwarded to the appro¬ 
priate demobilization center for immediate discharge. 

Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the operation of Circular No. 
164, War Department, 1918, or of subparagraph «, paragraph 1, Circular No. 
188, War Department, 1918. or of Circulars Nos. 23 and 34, War Department, 
1919. 

It is the policy of the War Department to effect the discharge at the earliest 
practicable moment of all troops returning from overseas either as casuals or 
in organizations. Such troops will be assigned to no duty inconsistent with 
this policy. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 69, February 8, 1919. 

Assignment and demotion of officers. 

1. During the period of the emergency officers who are assigned to line duties 
will be assigned according to their temporary grades as prescribed in the Tables 
of Organization. In making assignments to staff or other duties, not line, below 
the grade of brigadier general, officers will be assigned without regard to the 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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grades authorized by the Tables of Organization. General officers will be 
assigned to duties consistent with their grades, and when they can not be so 
assigned orders will be issued by the War Department demoting them to their 
Regular Army rank. 

2. When officers of the Regular Army become surplus in their emergency 
grades their names will he reported to the War Department. If vacancies exist 
to which they can be assigned in their emergency grades, they will be so 
assigned. If no such vacancies exist, they w\U he demoted to their Regular 
Army rank. 

3. Class 1 and 2 emergency officers (Cir. No. 75, W. D., 1918) who become 
surplus will be discharged, as prescribed in previous instructions. Class 3 
officers will be available for assignment to existing vacancies or for assignment 
to central training schools without reduction in rank. Class 3 officers who are 
not recommended for appointment in the Regular Army during or after attend¬ 
ance at such schools will be discharged when their services are no longer 
needed. 

4. It is the policy of the War Department to return to the inactive list 
retired officers now on active duty who can he replaced by officers on the active 
list. Chiefs of bureaus and arms of the service and commanding officers who 
have retired officers on duty under them will submit on Felvuary 15, 1919, list 
of such officers. They will indicate which of these retired officers they consider 
should he retained on active duty for the best interests of the service. Recom¬ 
mendations for retention of retired officers on active duty must be accompanied 
by reasons. Retired officers holding emergency advanced rank will be demoted 
to their Regular Army rank upon being returned to the inactive list. 

5. In addition to the normal demotions under paragraph 2 of this circular, 
officers of the Regular Army who have been found unsuited for their advanced 
rank, and who have not already been demoted, and officers who may hereafter 
be found unsuited for their advanced rank will he demoted to their Regular 
Army rank. Commanding officers and chiefs of staff corps and departments 
will submit, without delay and from time to time in the future, recommenda¬ 
tions for the demotion of such officers. These recommendations will be care¬ 
fully reviewed by the War Department in connection with the complete records 
of the officers concerned. 

[2lO.:u, A. G.O.] 

Circular No. 72, February 10, 1919. 

Furlough to the reserve. 

1. When definite authority is received for furlough to the reserve of enlisted 
men of the Regular Army, as provided for in Circulars Nos. 16 and 35, War 
Department, 1919, the following instructions will govern: 

a. A soldier will be given a critical physical examination as prescribed in 
Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, and a report made on Form No. 135-3, 
A. G. O. The result of this examination will he noted on the service record. 

b. The accounts of the soldier will be closed, and he will be paid in full to 
date furlough is effective, including allowances provided by law for discharged 
soldiers. His service record, prepared in accordance with existing instructions 
and with particular attention to Circular No. 57, War Department, 1918, will 
he properly indorsed and transmitted to the camp or other station personnel 
adjutant to he forwarded to the commanding general of the territorial de¬ 
partment in which the reservist elects to reside. The definite authority under 
which the soldier was furloughed to the reserve, and the residence (giving 

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street number, if any) selected by the reservist will be noted on service record. 
The following individual records will be sent to department commander with 
service record : 

(1.) Pay card. Form No. 644, A. G. O. 

(2) Individual equipment record. Form No. 637, A. G. O. 

(3.) Qualification card. Form CCP-1. 

c. Notice of discharge Form No. 333, Treasury Department, Bureau of War 
Risk Insurance, will be prepared in duplicate, as prescribed by Circular No. 73, 
War Department, 1918, and sent to the Director, Bureau of War Risk Insur¬ 
ance, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. This form will be completed 
by crossing out the word “ discharge ” where it appears in two places on form 
and substituting therefor “ Furloughed to Regular Army Reserve.” Paragraph 
21, Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, will be carefully complied with, and 
each soldier furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve will be given a copy of 
memorandum, “ Information Relative to Compensation and Continuance of War- 
Risk Insurance,” signed by the officer preparing his furlough certificate. 

d. There will be furnished the soldier: 

Certificate of furlough, Regular Army Reserve, Form No. 437, A. G. O., and 
final statements. 

Final statements will be prepared in accordance with Circular No. 85, War 
Department, 1918. 

The statement, “Entitled to purchase ticket to ( ) at two-thirds regular 

rate,”, inserting place of acceptance for enlistment, will be indorsed on back 
of certificate of furlough. 

e. The following will be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army: 

(1.) Form No. 559, A. G. O.—Index card. 

(2.) Form No. 135-3, A. G. O.—Report of physical examination. 

f. Under the provisions of paragraph 1165, Army Regulations, an enlisted 
man furloughed to the reserve will be permitted to wear to his home uniform 
clothing as specified in Circular No. 7, War Department, 1919, and will return 
same as prescribed in Circulars Nos. 105 and 139, War Department, 1918. 
Instructions contained in Circular No. 43, War Department, 1919, and those 
which may be issued in the future concerning the wearing of uniform by dis¬ 
charged soldiers, will also apply to reservists when not in active service unless 
otherwise ordered. The soldier will be so instructed. 

g. Every enlisted man, prior to being transferred to the Regular Army 
Reserve, will be given the address of the department headquarters where his 
service records are to be kept. He will be instructed to report to the depart¬ 
ment commander any change of residence and to communicate with that officer 
regarding any further information he may desire regarding his status as a 
member of the Regular Army Reserve. 

2. The provisions of subparagraphs ft and c, paragraph 1, Circular No. 86, 
Circulars Nos. 91, 93, 106, and 149, War Department, 1918, and all other general 
instructions governing the separation of enlisted men from active service in the 
demobilization of the present Army will be given careful consideration before 
an enlisted man is furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve. 

3. The above procedure will be followed also when reservists who have been 
mobilized for active service are refurloughed to the reserve under the provisions 
of Circular No. 16, War Department, 1919. 

4. Regulations for the Regular Army Reserve dated August 15, 1916, in con¬ 
flict with the provisions of this circular are suspended accordingly. 

5. Application for furlough to the reserve under the provisions of Circulars 
Nos. 16 and 55, War Department, 1919, will be submitted through channels 


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to the camp or port of embarkation commander, or department commander 
having discharge jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph 139£, Army 
Regulations, as the case may be. Applications under the provisions of Circular 
No. 35, War Department, 1919, will be forwarded through these commanders, 
who will indorse their recommendations to The Adjutant General of the Armv 
[326.1, a. G. o.] 

Circular No. 73, February 10, 1919. 

Delay in preparation of records of enlisted men to be discharged. 

It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that in the dis¬ 
charge of those enlisted men who are without complete records of service, delay 
in the preparation of supplementary records is caused by communicating, in 
reference to the missing records, with the camp, post, or station from which the 
men came. In order to facilitate the prompt preparation of supplementary 
records, when enlisted men without complete records of service are transferred 
to demobilization centers for discharge, a report will accompany the men giving 
tlieir names and the class of records massing in each case. 

[201.3, A. G. O.j 

Circular No. 76, February 10, 1919. 

Records of demobilized divisions. 

When the demobilization of a division which has not left the continental limits 
of the United States is completed, the divisional headquarters’ records, including 
those of the staff corps and departments, will be transferred to the headquarters 
of the camp where the headquarters of the division were demobilized, together 
with the filing equipment of the division headquarters. 

The records will be carefully assorted and those that may be needed so kept 
in the files that data or information will be available when matters arise re¬ 
quiring action after demobilization. 

The divisional records will be placed in charge of an officer of The Adjutant 
General’s Department, preferably one from the demobilized division if one is 
available. ' 

[314.3, a. G. o.] 

Circular No. 78, February 14, 1919. 

Amendment to Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918—Definition of word 

“ instrumentalities ” as used therein. 

Subparagraph e, paragraph 12, Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918, is 
amended to read as follows: 

e. Officers who, having been responsible for public property, have received 
complete clearance from the office or officers to whom responsible. 

In these cases the officer’s certificate as to accountability and responsibility, 
allotments deducted, and transferred accounts outstanding will be written on 
the back of the third fold of the pay voucher, as follows: 

“ I certify that on this and previous vouchers I have entered and had de¬ 
ducted all allotments made by me during period of my military service; that 
I now have no assigned or transferred or other pay accounts outstanding for 
the period for which pay is claimed on this voucher or for future months; that 
I am not accountable or responsible for public funds or property; and that I 
am not in any manner indebted to the United States or its instrumentalities.” 

The word “ instrumentalities ” as used in this certificate includes camp, post, 
or other exchanges, post laundries, company funds, post tailors, post shoe- 


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makers and similar agencies. Officers owing these instrumentalities will either 
settle their hills before final payment or will, in writing, on their final pay 
vouchers, authorize the disbursing officer to withhold the total of amounts still 
due, stating the amounts and location of the instrumentalities, any disbursing 
officer making the collection will pay the amount thereof to the proper instru¬ 
mentality by check drawn to its order as is done in the case of similar collec¬ 
tions from enlisted men. 

Immediately below the certificate will be written a certificate for signature 
of the commanding officer as follows: 

“ I certify that I have noted the claim for final pay stated on front of this 
voucher and that to the best of my knowledge and belief such account and the 
above certificate are correct.” 

These certificates must be signed on the original copy of voucher by the 
officer and commanding officer, respectively. 

[241.5, A. G. O.l 

Circular No. SO, February 14, 1919. 

[Note. — This circular has been amended by Circular No. 98, W. D., 1919.] 

Disposition of funds turned in by units which were originally National Guard. 

Upon the demobilization of units which were originally National Guard, 
either wholly or in part, funds will be disposed of as directed in Circular No. 
143, War Department, 1918, but, should the total of funds turned in to the 
Director of Finance by each unit be as much as the total of amounts contrib¬ 
uted to such unit by National Guard units at the time of entry into Federal 
service, these amounts shall be set aside by the Director of Finance, and upon 
the reorganization of the corresponding National Guard unit within two years 
of demobilization and upon the presentation of proper affidavit, approved by 
the Chief of the Militia Bureau, the Director of Finance shall turn over to the 
duly accredited representatives of the reorganized National Guard unit an 
amount equal to that in its possession upon entry, between April 6, 1917, and 
November 11, 1918, into the Federal service. Should a lesser amount be turned 
in to the Director of Finance by the demobilized unit the fund will be appor¬ 
tioned pro rata in accordance with respective original contributions to the ac¬ 
count of the contributing units and turned over in like manner. 

In the event that corresponding units of the National Guard are not reorgan¬ 
ized withn two years of demobilization of the units of which the original 
National Guard units became a part, the Director of Finance shall be em¬ 
powered to turn funds of each unit over to the duly accredited repre¬ 
sentative of veteran associations of the original units, formed and certified as 
such to the Chief of the Militia Bureau by the adjutant general of the State. 

Property, other than funds and Federal and State property, in the hands of 
organizations to be demobilized, which originally belonged to National Guard 
units, will, upon disbandment or as soon thereafter as practicable, be delivered 
to the custody of the adjutant general of the State from which the National 
Guard unit came, to be equitably disposed of by him. 

The authority contained herein shall not be construed as authorizing any 
disposition of funds from ration savings other than as provided for in Circular 
No. 143, War Department, 1918, nor as authorizing the return to any company 
or other unit of the National Guard or their representatives an amount greater 
. than that belonging to it upon its entry into Federal service. 

[123.71, A. G. 0.1 


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Circular No. 81, February 15, 1919. 

Amendment to Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918—Discontinuance of 

certain camps as convalescent centers. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, as amended, is further 
amended so as to exclude Camp Beauregard, Camp Hancock, and Camp Logan 
from the list of camps enumerated therein. 

[680.1, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 82, February 17, 1919. 

[Note. — This circular has been amended by Circular No. 299, W. D., 1919.] 

Rescission of Circular No. 134, War Department, 1918—Sales of clothing and 

equipage. • 

Circular No. 134, War Department, 1918, is rescinded and the following 
substituted therefor: 

1. Supply officers are authorized to sell to enlisted men now in the service or 
about to leave the service, at prices designated by the Director of Purchase 
and Storage any articles of clothing or equipage except the following: 

Coats. 

Breeches. 

Overcoats. 

Caps. 

Ornaments. 

Hat cords. 

2. Sales of surplus articles of clothing and equipage, except, those listed in 
paragraph 1, are also authorized to the following: 

a. Civilian employees of the War Department. 

b. Employees of any zone, camp, post or other depot which issues supplies to 
the Army. 

Sales shall be made to the above classes of persons only when presenting a 
buying permit issued by the office or person to whom they report. 

3. The authority conferred herein to make sales is to be construed as ex¬ 
tending such authority as now exists by virtue of Army Regulations and other 

orders now in force. 

[400.322, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 85, February 19. 1919. 

[Note. — This circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 166, W. D., 1919.] 
Wearing of the uniform—Discipline and military courtesy. 

The following instructions relative to the wearing of the uniform, disciplinary 
measures pertaining thereto, and military courtesy, are published for the infor¬ 
mation and guidance of all concerned: 

1. Regulations .—The regulations governing the uniform of the United States 
Army and its wear are as prescribed in Special Regulations Nos. 41 and 42, 
War Department, 1917, as changed. Generally speaking, these regulations will 
be strictly interpreted, but it is recognized that, in a large measure, the pres¬ 
ent laxness in conforming to the regulations has grown up as a result of the 
original unpreparedness of the United States in the matter of supply of clothing 
and equipment at the outbreak of the war. It is neither the policy nor the 
desire of the War Department to work a hardship, either on persons severing 
their relations with the military service or those who have signified their inten¬ 
tion to remain, by requiring abandonment of necessary articles of clothing or 


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equipment which were purchased in good faith in a time of urgent necessity. 
This principle will necessarily bring about a recognition of certain departures 
from the strict letter of the regulations ; but, on the other hand, it does not 
condone many of the violations of regulations which are practiced at present. 

2. Exceptions .—The following exceptions to the uniform regulations are 
authorized for the present: 

a. Many officers returning from abroad are wearing uniform coats, ap¬ 
parently made in England or by English tailors, which are cut in a manner 
similar to the English tunic, generally with a long skirt, either with or without 
a slit in the back, or with large bellows pockets, especially lower pockets. 
Officers being discharged or soon to be discharged will not be required to dis¬ 
card these coats, provided the variations in cut are not so exaggerated as to 
cause the uniform actually to be confused with that of the British or some- 
other foreign army. Those officers who intend to remain in the service will 
not be required to discard these coats until such time as they can be reason¬ 
ably expected to do so, without causing them undue financial hardship. 

b. Officers wearing brass buttons on their uniform coats will, if they have 
signified their intention to remain in the service, be required to replace them 
with the uniform bronzed button. Officers soon to be discharged will not be 
required to make this change. 

c. The wearing of breeches made of a different colored cloth of cloth of a 
different material from the coat will for the present be authorized, provided 
these breeches are not of such an exaggerated color or cut as to present an 
incongruous appearance. 

d. The matter of overcoats, boots and shoes, and leggins presents many 
difficulties. So many different types have been worn, and their wear apparently 
permitted, that it is considered unwise at this time to require more th^n a 
nominal conformity with existing regulations. The question of the necessity of 
rapid procurement has affected these articles of the uniform more, perhaps, 
than any others. Provided the officer presents a creditable appearance and 
his uniform is easily recognizable as that of a commissioned officer of the 
United States Army, he will not be required to discard articles which will 
require immediate replacement. Any overcoat which has been worn and ap¬ 
parently authorized in any organization may be worn by those soon to be dis¬ 
charged. This includes overcoats with fur collars, leather coats, short mole¬ 
skin coats, trench coats, etc. Officers’ leggins or boots will be of leather. En¬ 
listed men will not be permitted to wear leather leggins or boots. 

e. The oversea cap, the divisional, Army corps, or field Army insignia worn 
on the left sleeve just below the shoulder, and the spiral cloth puttee (this 
last for enlisted men only) are authorized for troops returning from overseas 
for demobilization or discharge. This includes casuals and sick or wounded 
officers and enlisted men alike. For officers and men who are to remain in 
the service and who are assigned to active duty in this country, these articles 
are not authorized and will not be permitted, except that the spiral puttee- 
may be authorized for field service. In general, the rule that officers and men 
should conform to the uniforms of the organization of which they are a part 
will be applied. 

f. The Sam Browne or liberty belt is not authorized in this country and will 
not be worn. This belt is the distinguishing mark of the commissioned officer 
abroad, but there is no necessity for its introduction into the United States. 

3. Decorations .—The prescribed wound and service chevrons and special 
individual decorations, such as the medal of honor, distinguished-service cross 
and medal, and the appropriate ribbon sections, are a part of the uniform. 


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Special individual decorations from foreign Governments, such as the French 
croix de guerre or similar decorations from other foreign Governments, are 
authorized. These decorations will be worn as prescribed in Special Regula¬ 
tions No. 41, War Department, 1917. The French shoulder cord known as 
the fourrag§re is, however, a part of the French uniform, and only two Ameri¬ 
can organizations are authorized to wear it, namely, Sanitary Section 646 and 
the One hundred and third Aero Squadron. Citations are not sufficient; special 
authorization for the fourrag§re must come from the French Government. 
Such decorations as gold and silver stars on the sleeves, unauthorized cam¬ 
paign ribbons, gold chevrons presumed to denote that the wearer has been a 
prisoner of war, or denoting any service other than prescribed for such chev¬ 
rons, are not authorized and will not be permitted. 

4 . Discipline .—The question of laxity in dress, the wearing of dirty, soiled, 
or torn uniforms, combinations of uniform and civilian clothing, unbuttoned 
coats or overcoats, etc., is for officers and men still in the service entirely a 
question of discipline and will be treated as such. 

For discharged officers and men the matter of discipline is beyond the control 
of the military authorities. It is not possible, nor is it intended, that the mili¬ 
tary authorities should prevent the wearing by discharged officers and men 
of uniforms which do not conform to specifications. The present law prevents 
the wearing of the uniform for discharged enlisted men except en route from 
the place of discharge to their home, which journey may take place within, or 
may consume, three months from the date of discharge. The uniform must be 
returned to the Government within four months of the date of discharge. For 
discharged officers the law is the same, except that the uniforms, being the 
property of the officers, are not required to be returned, and the officers may 
also wear them on occasions of ceremony. There is, however, a bill before 
Congress to allow discharged officers and men to retain and wear their uniforms 
indefinitely. In view of the fact that this bill is clearly the result of public 
opinion and will probably be enacted into law, it is thought best to consider it 
as already in force in so far as it allows officers and enlisted men to retain and 
wear their uniforms for the time being. 

5. The red chevrons .—The red chevron was adopted in order to distinguish 
discharged enlisted men from those still in the service. The fact that it is, 
perhaps, being used in some cases by enlisted men still in the service as a means 
of deceiving the military authorities is not sufficient cause to warrant its re¬ 
moval. These cases are subject to disciplinary action, and military commanders 
have the power to make this particular breach of regulations highly unprofitable 
for the offenders. Discharged men seem to be willing and ready to wear the 
chevron, even when necessary to purchase it from civilian firms. It is not 
considered advisable to attempt to obtain legislation rendering discharged men 
in uniform subject to military discipline. The red chevron, while admittedly 
not a universal panacea, is the only practical plan so far suggested to maintain 
the distinctive character of the uniform when worn by soldiers as distinguished 
from ex-soldiers. 

6. Protection of the uniform .—The impersonation of officers and the wearing 
of uniforms by those not entitled to do so is a question in most cases for the 
civil authorities to handle. These cases should be prosecuted by the civil 
authorities under the provisions of section 125, act of Congress, June 3, 1916 
(Bui. 16, W. D., 1916). This act provides for its violation a penalty upon 
conviction of not to exceed $300 fine or six months’ imprisonment, or both. 

7. Military courtesy .—Commanding officers should take proper disciplinary 
action to insure that the rules of military courtesy are carefully observed by 


56 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 

all officers and men alike connected with the service. This can not be forced 
upon discharged officers and men who do not desire to be governed by these 
rules. 

[421, A. G. 0.] 

Circular No. 86, February 20, 1919. 

[Note.—T his circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 191, W. D., 1919.] 
Discharge of officers. 

1. Instructions heretofore issued authorize commanding officers to readjust 
assignments and duties of officers in such manner as to make available for dis¬ 
charge as many emergency officers as can be spared. This authority is con¬ 
tinuous throughout the period of demobilization. Officers may, subject to pro¬ 
visions of paragraph 18, Army Regulations, be placed upon any duty for which 
qualified, regardless of the arm or corps in wdiich commissioned. Every effort 
will be made to reduce commissioned personnel to the minimum required. 
Authorization of commissioned personnel by Tables of Organization will not 
be construed as authorizing retention in the service of officers classified in 
class 1 and class 2, paragraph 4, Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918, whose 
services can be spared. 

2. Every officer holding an emergency commission only should be classified 
without delay as prescribed in paragraph 4, Circular No. 75, War Department, 
1918, if this has not already been done. Whenever any such officer changes 
station, Form 15(LCPB-GS, completed to include the first indorsement, should 
accompany him. If the officer has been examined by a board of officers with a 
view to his classification, a copy of the board’s recommendation will be attached 
to the form. 

3. In determining what officers should be discharged at any time, no distinc¬ 
tion in general should be made between class 1 and class 2, paragraph 4, Cir¬ 
cular No. 75, War Department, 1918. Every effort will be made to release any 
officer whose immediate discharge is desirable on account of domestic or finan¬ 
cial reasons. 

4. In determining what officers are to be placed in class 3 and retained in 
service for the time being, final decision in each case rests with the officer 
having authority to discharge. Whenever possible, this officer should cause 
boards of officers to be convened for the purpose of making recommendation to 
him relative to classification of officers desiring appointment in the Regular 
Army. All applications for examination for appointment in the Regular Army 
will, however, be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army for file, 
whether approved or disapproved. 

5. Officers who have been placed in class 3 may, upon consideration of their 
applications by the War Department, be found unsuitable for retention in that 
class. Likewise, officers who desire appointment in the Regular Army may be 
found by commanding officers unsuitable therefor, either at the time of classi¬ 
fication or subsequently, and some officers formerly placed in class 3 will request 
reclassification for their own convenience. All such officers will be placed by 
the commanding officer having authority to discharge in class 1 or 2, accord¬ 
ing to circumstances, and will be discharged in accordance with existing instruc¬ 
tions. Only in those cases where an approved application for future appoint¬ 
ment iq the Regular Army has been forwarded to The Adjutant General of the 
Army will individual reports of removal from class 3 be forwarded. The 
report will state the reason for removal from class 3. 

6. In those cases where officers desire appointment in the Regular Army and 
it is not possible to determine finally their fitness for such appointment, such 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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as officers on duty at colleges, patients being discharged from hospital, and 
similar cases, the officer should, in general, be given opportunity to demonstrate 
his fitness and tentatively placed in class 3 if physically qualified. S-uch 
officers should be placed upon such duty as will enable their fitness to be 
determined or should be sent to one of the schools established for instruction 
of class 3 officers. 

7. Subparagraph d, paragraph 1, Circular No. 124, War Department, 1918, 
provides for the disposition of officers who are patients in hospitals not at a 
military camp or station. Officers who are patients in hospitals at a military 
camp or station will, when further treatment is unnecessary, be directed to 
report to the commanding officer of the camp or station. The latter will cause 
such officers to be sent to their former commands, assign them to duty, or 
cause their discharge, according to circumstances in each individual case. 

8. Attention is directed to the fact that Circular No. 34, War Department, 
1919, relative to retention in service until employment is secured, applies to 
enlisted men only. Should any officer of class 1 or 2, available for discharge, 
certify in writing that he is unable to secure employment and that he desires 
for that reason to be retained in service temporarily, he should, if possible, be 
assigned to duty under provisions of paragraph 1 of this circular. If there is 
no suitable vacancy at his station to which such officer can be assigned he may 
be retained in service not to exceed 30 days after the date he would normally 
be discharged, provided he agrees in writing to make every effort to secure 
employment and to immediately notify his commanding officer if employment 
is secured within the 30-day period. During the period of retention the officer 
may be sent, under provisions of paragraph 11, Circular No. 124, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1918, to a camp near his home for discharge, or he may be given leaves 
of absence for not to exceed a total of 15 days for the purpose of securing 
employment. Such leaves will only be granted upon application of the officer, 
certifying that the full period of the leave is desired for and will be utilized 
for the purpose of securing employment. Officers granted leave as provided 
herein will in all 'cases be required to return to their proper station for 
discharge. 

9. Strict compliance with paragraph 7, Circular No. 75, War Department, 
1918, is required. Reports therein required will be forwarded to The Adjutant 
General of the Army only by commanders who issue discharge orders. These 
reports are in addition to any other reports or copies of orders required by other 
instructions. Copies of special orders or letters transmitting Form 150-CPB-GS 
will not therefore be sent in lieu of the registered mail report required by the 
above-mentioned paragraph. 

10. In no case should Form 150-CPB-GS be forwarded to The Adjutant Gen¬ 
eral of the Army until both indorsements thereon have been accomplished and 
the officer discharged. When this has been done the form will be forwarded 
without delay. The Form 150-CPB-GS of a class 2 officer serves in the War 
Department as a basis for his appointment in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. 
Such officers should be informed of the provisions of Special Regulations No. 
43, War Department, 1917, and should be instructed to request on Form 
150-CPB-GS appointment in an authorized section of the Reserve Corp&. In 
preparing the indorsements on the form it should be borne in mind that only 
those mentally, morally, and physically fit for service should be recommended 
for appointment. Under remarks in first or second indorsement will be stated 
any prior recommendation for promotion or other information relevant to ap¬ 
pointment in the Reserve Corps. 


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11. The attention of all officers having allotments will be called to the neces¬ 
sity of prompt notification of the paying officer of discontinuance of their 
allotments due to discharge. The commanding officer of every military station 
will inquire of each officer separated from the service thereat whether or not 
the officer has an allotment. For each officer separated from the service who 
has an allotment the commanding officer will make a report by telegram on the 
day of separation from service to the zone finance officer, 1729 New York Av¬ 
enue, Washington, D. C., stating the name, rank, organization, date of separa¬ 
tion from service, and that the officer has an allotment. Further detail in tele¬ 
grams is not desired. 

[210.8, A. G. o.] 

Circular No. 88, February 20, 1919. 

Soldier’s affidavit—Form No. 29-b, A. G. 0. 

1. A form upon which a soldier who is in arrears of pay makes affidavit 
(Form No. 29-b, A. G. O.) is now being distributed. This form is to be used 
in all cases of enlisted men who are in arrears of pay and arrive at camps, 
posts, and stations without service records or pay cards. When completed the 
data shown thereon will be used to prepare a supplementary service record and 
pay card to enable prompt payment. 

2. This form for affidavit will be prepared in duplicate by the carbon process 
either by typewriter or indelible pencil. When completed the original will be 
inserted in the supplementary service record, between pages 6 and 7, and the 
duplicate will be retained in the records of the office preparing and certifying 
to the pay rolls. 

3. When enlisted men whose affidavits have been taken are transferred to 
other stations before payment, in order to obviate the necessity of preparing 
new affidavits and therefore delaying payment, their affidavits, and supple¬ 
mentary service records, if completed, will be forwarded to the new stations at 
the time of transfer. 

[242.6. A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 89, February 20, 1919. 

[Note.—T his circular hasi been supplemented by Circular No. 189, W. D., 1919.] 

War-risk insurance—Notice to be given enlisted men upon discharge. 

Many enlisted men on being discharged are not informed when they should 
make the first payment of their premium on war-risk insurance. It is extremely 
important that they should be furnished with this information. 

In the reprint of the information slip relative to compensation and continu¬ 
ance of war-risk insurance, the following will be added to paragraph two, first 
page: 

“ The premium is due for payment on the first of each month beginning 
___19__.” 

The organization commander will complete this by writing in the space pro¬ 
vided, the first day of the month following the month of discharge. For 
exan/ple: If a man is discharged any time in February, the proper entry to 
make would be March 1, 1919; that is, the first premium is due on the first day 
of the month following the month of discharge. 

Until the new issue of this form is received, this information will be written 
or stamped on the bottom of page one. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 



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Circular No. 94, February 24, 1919. 

Note.—T his circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 157, W. D., 1919.] 

Maintenance of directories for mail purposes at demobilization camps. 

1. Directories at demobilization camps, required for the purpose of obtaining 
information concerning addresses of persons of the military service arriving at 
or leaving the camps either on transfer or on separation from the service, must 
be maintained. 

2. The directory to be used should be the file of “ Locator cards,” in the in¬ 
formation section, office of the personnel adjutant, now prescribed by instruc¬ 
tions issued through the committee on classification of personnel, Adjutant 
General’s Office. 

3. Every effort will be made to keep this file up to date, with the camp or 
forwarding addresses entered, in order that mail will be promptly and correctly 
delivered or forwarded to the addressees. 

[311.18, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 96, February 24, 1919. 

Extravagance in the use of funds of organizations about to be disbanded. 

It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that there is 
frequently extravagance and waste in the use of company and other funds of 
units about to be disbanded. Commanding officers are enjoined to see that this 
practice, where it exists, is immediately discontinued. No proper expenditure 
should be disapproved, but there should be no waste or extravagance. 

The attention of all concerned should be called to the fact that funds which 
are turned in to the Director of Finance under the provisions of Circular No. 
143, War Department, 1918, do not revert to the Treasury of the United States, 
but are to be used under the direction of the Secretary of War for the collective 
good of all men in the service. 

[123.7, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 98, February 25, 1919. 

Amendment to Circular No. 80, War Department, 1919. 

Circular No. 80, War Department, 1919, is amended as follows: 

In the sixteenth and seventeenth lines of the first paragraph strike out the 
words “ between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918.” 

[123.7, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 100, February 25, 1919. 

Use of enlisted personnel to complete new construction work. 

Enlisted personnel will not be retained in the military service for the purpose 
of completing new construction or for the purpose of salvaging buildings or 
permanent utilities. 

At no time will enlisted men be utilized to complete new construction when 
it is practicable to have the same done by the employment of civilian labor. 

These instructions will not be construed to prohibit the use of enlisted per¬ 
sonnel in the salvage or dispositon of Government fixtures, equipment, muni¬ 
tions, or supplies, nor their use in the operation, maintenance, and repair of 
posts, camps, or stations. 

All previous instructions in conflict with the provisions of this circular are 

rescinded. 

[220.4, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 102, February 26, 1919. 

Amendment of Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918—Discontinuance of cer¬ 
tain camps as convalescent centers. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, as amended, is fur¬ 
ther amended so as to exclude Camp Sheridan, Ala., from the list of camps 
enumerated therein. 

[704.2, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 105, February 28, 1919. 

Payment of allotments. 

The payment of all allotments made through the Army allotment system 
for the “ period of the war,” for the “ period of the emergency ” or for any 
other indefinite period will be continued until the zone finance officer, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., lias received a request for discontinuance. Deductions of such allot¬ 
ments must be continued until acknowledgment of the request for discontinu¬ 
ance is received, or until the discharge from the service of the person making 
the allotment. 

[243, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 106, February 28, 1919. 

Disposition of music of bands about to be demobilized. 

Music in the hands of bands about to be demobilized which is suitable for 
reissue will be turned in to the Philadelphia depot for future issue as needed 
by Regular Army bands. Standard music not suitable for reissue and so-called 
“ popular ” music is considered as expendable and will be disposed of by regi¬ 
mental commanders. 

[413.37, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. Ill, March 5, 1919. 

Retention of soldiers in service to satisfy debt to Government. 

1. The question has been submitted to the Judge Advocate General of the 
Army whether his opinion, dated January 16, 1919, to the effect that no order 
can legally be issued which would retain soldiers in the service for the purpose 
of satisfying their indebtedness to the United States, applies when the discharge 
is requested under the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, for 
the convenience of the soldier prior to the time that he would normally be dis¬ 
charged with the other men of his unit. 

The Judge Advocate General states in reply: 

Circular No. 77, November 21, 1918, authorizes the discharge of men upon 
their own application where the discharge will not disrupt or cripple an existing 
organization and the soldier’s services can be spared, in cases where the dis¬ 
charge is applied for, ‘ when there is sickness or other distress in the soldier’s 
family, or when he is needed to resume employment in an industry or occupation 
in which there is urgent need of his services.’ Discharges given under this cir¬ 
cular are issued by way of favor in advance of the time the soldier would nor¬ 
mally be discharged with the other men of his unit. In such case it would be 
permissible to take into consideration, in determining whether or not the favor 
should be granted, the fact that the soldier is indebted to the United States and 
to decline the favor on this ground, unless the reasons for his discharge in ad¬ 
vance of the time he would normally be discharged are such as to be controlling. 

2. Therefore, when a man applies for discharge prior to other men of his unit 
under the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, the commander 
who. under the provisions of paragraph 1 of that circular, may effect such dis- 


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charges, may or may not grant discharge, as seems best in his judgment. When 
there are several soldiers applying for discharge under provisions of Circular 
No. 77, other things being equal, those men not indebted to the Government are 
entitled to priority and tirst consideration. To justify discharge of soldier in¬ 
debted to the Government prior to the other men in his unit, under the pro¬ 
visions of Circular No. 77, on account of sickness or distress, such sickness or 
distress in soldier’s family must be most critical. In order for an indebted sol¬ 
dier to secure discharge on industrial grounds his services in industry must be 
shown to be so essential that he is a key or pivot man in an important industry. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 114, March 6 , 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Transmittal of reports of physical examination to Bureau 
of War Risk Insurance—Amendments to Circulars Nos. 73 and 82, War De¬ 
partment, 1918. 

1. Circular No. 82, War Department, 1918, is amended as follows: 
a. Paragraph 5 is rescinded. 

h. Paragraph 2 is amended to read as follows: 

2. The compensation application blank, when properly tilled out and exe¬ 
cuted by the officer or enlisted man, will be immediately forwarded by the 
camp personnel adjutant to the Compensation Division of the Bureau of 
War Risk Insurance, with the copy of the report of the physical exami¬ 
nation of the officer (Form No. 395-1, A. G. O.) or of the enlisted man 
(Form No. 135-3, A. G. O.) prescribed by paragraph 2, Circular No. 73, 
War Department, 1918, as amended by paragraph 2 of this circular, at¬ 
tached thereto. If the officer or enlisted man does not desire to execute an 
application for compensation, no copy of the physical examination need be 
made, and the notation “ Officer (soldier) did not desire to execute Form 
52G, B. W. R. I.,” will be stamped on the original Form No. 395-1, A. G. 
O., or Form No. 135-3, A. G. O., as the case may be, and forwarded directly 
to The Adjutant General of the Army. Upon discharge of an officer or 
enlisted man who claims compensation on account of disability the organi¬ 
zation commander will indorse, on Form 526, Treasury Department, B. W. 
R. I., in the blank space at the bottom of the application below the line for 
the signature of the notary public, a statement showing the rate of base pay 
received by the officer or enlisted man during his last month of service and 
also the exact date of discharge. 

2. Paragraph 2, Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, is amended to read • 
as follows: 

2. Every officer and enlisted' man will be given a critical physical exami¬ 
nation. a record of which will be forwarded for tile in The Adjutant Gen¬ 
eral’s Office, as hereinafter prescribed. When an officer or enlisted man 
executes a compensation application blank at the time of discharge, a cor¬ 
don copy of the report of his physical examination will be prepared for 
transmittal with the compensation application blank to the Compensation 
Division of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 115, March 8, 1919. 

Transfer of enlisted men. 

1. Until further instructions, no organization of the Army in the United 
States will be increased above the “ present strength that it had on the date 


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of the receipt of these instructions, so long as men who have been enlisted or 
inducted only for the period of the emergency are assigned or attached to it 
for duty. 

If under competent orders men are assigned or attached to an organization, 
which would increase the strength above such “ present strength,” an equal 
number of men present therewith, who were enlisted or inducted for the period 
of the emergency and under existing instructions are eligible for discharge, 
will be discharged from such organization. 

2. A request for the transfer of enlisted men to an organization will state 
Avhether or not such transfer is to replace men enlisted or drafted only for the 
emergency, and whether such transfer will or will not increase the strength 
of the organization above that of the “present strength” as indicated in para¬ 
graph 1. 

3. In case of urgent necessity requiring the increase in strength of an or¬ 
ganization over that of the “ present strength ” indicated above, application 
for authority for such increase will be made to The Adjutant General of the 
Army. 

[320.22, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 119, March 12, 1919. 

Discharge of enlisted men restored to duty from status of general prisoners. 

General prisoners who have been or may be restored to duty, and who were 
enlisted or inducted for the period of the existing emergency only, will be held 
in service and will not be discharged prior to the termination of the emergency 
for industrial reasons; nor will they be discharged on account of sickness or 
distress in their families unless such sickness or distress is shown to be most 
critical, in which event they may be discharged under the provisions of Cir¬ 
cular No. 77, War Department, 1918. 

[253.1, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 124, March 15, 1919. 

Discharge of enlisted men after hospital treatment—Recission of Circular No. 

108, War Department, 1919, and amendment to Circular No. 188, War De¬ 
partment, 1918. 

1. Circular No. 108, War Department, 1919, amending Circular No. 188, War 
Department, 1918, is rescinded. 

2. Subparagraph a, paragraph 2, Circular No. 188, War Department, 1918, is 
' amended to read as follows: 

2. a. Men who entered the service since April 1, 1917, and prior to March 
1, 1919, who, after hospital treatment, are fit to return to full duty, either 
will be discharged at the hospital or sent for discharge to a demobilization 
center, depending upon which point of discharge better insures the soldier’s 
return, after discharge, to the place of induction or enlistment. Command¬ 
ing officers of hospitals will report men who are to be discharged at the 
hospital to the commander of the territorial department in which the hos¬ 
pital is located, who will issue the necessary orders for discharge. 

The object sought is to facilitate in every way possible the discharged sol¬ 
dier’s return to his home before he spends his final pay in near-by towns and 
thus becomes stranded in a friendless locality. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 125, March 15, 1919. 

Discharge certificate for draft deserters. 

1. Men charged with draft desertion who surrender voluntarily or are appre¬ 
hended and delivered to a camp, post, or station, and who are not brought to 
trial for desertion, but discharged as prescribed in Circular No. 75, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1919, will be given a discharge certificate on Form No. 526, A. G. O. After 
the authority for discharge has been entered in the space following the words 
“ by reason of ” in the fourth line of the certificate, this additional remark will 
be interpolated: 

“This man failed to report for duty until posted as a draft delinquent and 
until after the signing of the armistice, and performed no military service what¬ 
soever in the war with Germany.” 

2. Attention is directed to the fact that when a registrant is charged with 
draft desertion, and the charge is set aside under the provisions of paragraph 
131, Army Regulations, and discharge is ordered as prescribed in Circular No. 
75, War Department, 1919, he is not entitled to transportation or travel allow¬ 
ance upon discharge. Section 126 of the act of Congress approved June 3, 1916 
(Bui. 16, W. D., 1916), as amended by section 3 of the act of Congress approved 
February 28, 1919 (Bui. 11, W. D., 1919), states: “That an enlisted man 
honorably discharged from the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps since November 
eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen, or who may hereafter be honorably 
discharged, shall receive five cents per mile from the place of his discharge to 
his actual bona fide home or residence, or original muster into the service, at 
his option.” 

Draft registrants discharged as prescribed in Circular No. 75, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1919, are not regarded as honorably discharged from the service, but 
merely discharged with the notation above prescribed. 

[324.71, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 129, March 17, 1919. 

Disposition of funds on hand at disbandment of organizations—Rescission of 

Circular No. 143, War Department, 1918. 

Circular No. 143, War Department, 1918, as amended by Circular No. 29, 
War Department, 1919, is rescinded and the following substituted therefor: 

1. All funds accruing from ration savings will, upon the disbandment of an 
organization, be sent, as prescribed in paragraph 4, to the Director of Finance, 
Washington, D. C., for deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United 
States, account General Appropriations, Q. M. C. 

2. a. Other funds, of whatever nature, on hand after all indebtedness of the 
disbanded organizations has been paid, will be similarly sent to the Director 
of Finance, Washington, D. C., with a statement showing the sources from 
which the funds are derived, stating separately the amount derived from each 
organization involved. 

•b. These funds will be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to 
the credit of a special deposit account. The officer who deposits these funds 
will be accountable for them and will maintain a record of all funds so 
deposited and the source from which the funds were received. 

c. On December 31, 1919, and every six months thereafter, the officer desig¬ 
nated by the Director of Finance to be accountable for these funds will render 
a report, through proper channels, to The Adjutant General of the Army, 
stating the total amount of funds on hand at the date of the rendition of the 
report. 


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d. These funds will be used only for such purposes as may hereafter he 
directed by the Secretary of War. 

3. Upon arrival in the United States the exchanges of units that have been 
serving overseas and that are designated for demobilization will not be allowed 
to conduct further business, but will, under the supervision of the exchange 
council, immediately proceed to finally dispose of and sell all their property, 
including any liberty bonds. The proceeds, together with any cash on hand 
after the settlement of all just claims, will be disposed of as provided in para¬ 
graph 2 of this circular. There will be forwarded with these funds a closing 
statement of the accounts of the exchange, audited as required by paragrapn o, 
Special Regulations No. 59, and bearing the action thereon of the exchange 
council and of the commanding officer. 

4. All funds sent to the Director of Finance under the provisions of this circu¬ 
lar will be forwarded through the commanding officer of the post, camp, or sta¬ 
tion by certificate of deposit, certified check, or postal or express money order. 

[123.7, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 130, March 17, 1919. 

Disposition of records of registered and special delivery mail. 

1. Records of registered and special delivery mail of mail orderlies will be 
preserved and filed where they are accessible for answering inquiries in connec¬ 
tion with investigations of the disposition of registered and special delivery let¬ 
ters and packages turned over by the post-office authorities to mail orderlies for 
delivery. 

2. When organizations that have not left the United States are demobilized 
registry records will be filed at camp headquarters. When organizations that 
are returning from overseas are demobilized registry records will be forwarded 
to The Adjutant General of the Army, with the records enumerated in para¬ 
graph 15ft, Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918. 

3. When camps are discontinued the registry records will be forwarded with 
the camp records as prescribed in instructions from the War Department. 

[043.28, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 132, March 18, 1919. 

Oversea patients not to be transferred to certain hospitals. , 

No more oversea patients will be transferred either to the base hospital at 
Camp Custer, Mich., or to the base hospital at Camp Travis, Tex. These hos¬ 
pitals will be considered as camp hospitals. 

[322.3, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 136, March 20, 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Claim for exemption from compulsory allotment after 

discharge. 

The following decision of the general counsel of the Bureau of War Risk In¬ 
surance, relative to whether or not a discharged enlisted man can file claim for 
exemption from compulsory allotment, which has not been paid his wife, and to 
have the amount of the allotment refunded to him, is published for the infor¬ 
mation and guidance of all concerned: 

[Third indorsement.] 

B. W. R. I., Office of General Counsel, 

Washington , 7). C., March 8, 1010. 

To The Adjutant General of the Army 

(Through Maj, E. H. Weston). 

You are advised that when an enlisted man discharged from the Army 
desires to claim exemption as to the balance of allotment and allowance still 


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due his wife he may file a claim for exemption from compulsory allotment 
with the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. The claim wi'l he referred to the 
Exemption Section for investigation and adjudication. General Orders, No. 25, 
of February 27, 1919, amends the “ Rules and Regulations of the Treasury De¬ 
partment, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, relative to exemption from com¬ 
pulsory allotment” by adding thereto the following subsection: 

“ Sec. 14-B-l. When evidence is adduced tending to show that while an 
enlisted man was in active service circumstances existed which constitute good 
cause for granting exemption from compulsory allotment, such circumstances 
shall be deemed to have raised an implied claim for exemption as of the date 
when the circumstances are shown first to have existed. Such implied claim 
may be considered and determined by the Exemption Section even though the 
evidence was not brought to the attention of the bureau until after the dis¬ 
charge of the enlisted man from the service.” 

W. R. Vance, 

General Counsel. 

[004.61, A. G. 0.1 

Circular No. 137, March 21, 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Certificate of payment of insurance premiums—Amend¬ 
ment to Circular No. 38, War Department, 1919. 

So much of Circular No. 38, War Department, 1919, as directs that the certifi¬ 
cate of payment of insurance premiums described therein be mailed to the 
Bureau of War Risk Insurance is amended so as to direct that the certificate 
he attached to the notice of discharge, Form 333, Treasury Department, B. W. 
R. I., and forwarded with it directly to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, 
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 138, March 22, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 14S, W. D., 1919.1 

Disposition of officers placed in class 3. 

1. Any officer of class 3 (Cir. 75, W. D., 1918) who has been found oualified 
for service in a staff corps only will, if he so desires, he reexamined at his 
present station to determine his fitness for service in a branch of the line of 
the Army or for service in either the line of the Army or a staff corps. 

2. Results of reexamination of an officer or any other matters relevant to 
the classification of a class 3 officer will be forwarded to The Adjutant General 
of the Army for file with the officer’s application on Form 151-CPB-GS. In the 
event of discharge for any reason of a class 3 officer, he should be cautioned 
to keep The Adjutant General of the Army advised of any change in his perma¬ 
nent address as originally recorded on Form 151-CPB-GS. 

3. The sending class 3 officers to schools heretofore established for the 
instruction of such officers electing service in the Engineers, Coast Artillery, 
Field Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry is discontinued for the time being. It 
is the policy of the War Department to utilize class 3 officers for any duties 
they are competent to perform regardless of the arm in which commissioned, 
thereby releasing officers of class 1 and class 2 for discharge. Officers of class 
3 will, therefore, when their services can not be utilized at their present station, 
be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army for assignment elsewhere 
or for discharge if there are no suitable vacancies to which they can be 
assigned. 

4. Commanding officers of camps, posts, and stations will report by telegraph 
to The Adjutant General of the Army, room 330, and not to the chiefs of staff 
corps, the names of class 3 officers surplus at the camp, post, or station after 

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class 1 and 2 officers have been replaced by class 3. These reports will be 
numbered serially and will include officers of all branches of the service. An 
officer so reported will not be available for assignment by the camp, post, or 
other commander without first obtaining authority from the War Department 
for assignment. 

5. Requisitions for class 3 officers to replace those of class 1 and 2 will be 
made by telegraph to The Adjutant General of the Army, room 330. Requisi¬ 
tions will be numbered serially and will include only needs additional to those 
covered by previous requisitions. 

6. The semimonthly officers’ reports, Form No. 680, A. G. O., from camps, 
posts, or stations making reports as prescribed in paragraph 4, or requisitions 
as prescribed in paragraph 5, will carry as an inclosure, on letter paper, a state¬ 
ment showing (a) number class 1 and 2 officers to be replaced; (b) number 
class 3 officers available for replacing these class 1 and 2 officers; (c) number 
of class 3 officers short or surplus; (d) list of surplus class 3 officers, showing 
after the name of each officer a brief notation of his special qualifications, if 
any. 

7. In the event of class 3 officers being Reported to The Adjutant General of 
the Army for assignment and there being no suitable vacancies to which they 
can be assigned, instructions may be issued by the War Department directing 
their discharge. The report of discharge, Form 150-CPB-GS, in such cases will 
contain notation that the officer is a class 3 officer discharged on account of 
being surplus. The discharge of such officers in no way prejudices their appli¬ 
cation for future appointment in the permanent establishment. Applications 
will remain on file in the War Department, and such discharged officers will be 
considered along with all others in filling such vacancies in the permanent 
establishment as future legislation may provide. 

[210.8, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 145, March 26, 1919. 

Policy with reference to retention in the service of men who enlisted in the 

Regular Army prior to April 1, 1917, and members of the Regular Army Re¬ 
serve and enlisted Reserve Corps—Amendment to Circular No. 166, War 

Department, 1918. 

1. Paragraph 4, Circular No. 166, War Department, 1918, is rescinded. 

2. Paragraph 1, Circular No. 166, War Department, 1918, is amended to read 
as follows: 

1. Men who enlisted in the Regular Army prior to April 2, 1917, and former 
members of the Regular Army who have been furloughed to the reserve and re¬ 
called to active duty, who now belong to organizations the personnel of which 
is ordered to be discharged, will not be discharged or furloughed back to the 
reserve, except in exceptional cases, as provided in Circulars Nos. 16 and 35, 
War Department, 1919. 

In the absence of special instructions these men will be assigned or attached 
without loss of grade by the commanding officers of their stations to an organ¬ 
ization at the station, if such organization is of the arm, staff corps, or de¬ 
partment to which they belong. Attention is directed to Circular No. 115, 
W T ar Department, 1919. 

Those men who are not assigned or attached as prescribed in the foregoing 
paragraph will be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army (attention 
Operations Division) for assignment. Such reports will show the number of 
men by grades of each arm of service available for assignment. 

[326.1, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 146, March 26, 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Interpretation of the term “Base pay.” 

The following interpretation of the term “ pay for last month of active serv¬ 
ice ” as used in the vocational rehabilitation act, is published for the informa¬ 
tion and guidance of all concerned in computing the rate of base pay received 
by an officer or enlisted man during his last month of service, which rate under 
the provisions of subparagraph &, paragraph 1, Circular No. 114, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1919, must be indorsed on Form 526, Treasury Department, B. W. R. I.: 

1. Pay in the Army and Marine Corps for the purpose of the act of October 
6, 1917, included ( a) base pay, with the increase thereof granted by section 
10 of the act of May 18, 1917; ( b ) continuous-service pay; and excludes all 
other forms of pay such as extra-duty pay, pay for marksmanship, rated posi¬ 
tions, certificate of merit, aviation increase, foreign-service pay. 

2. Pay in the Navy for the purpose of the act includes (a) base pay as shown 

in article 4427 (5), Navy Regulations, 1913; (1)) 10 per cent increase in pay 
authorized by the act of May 13, 1908; (c) increased pay for chief petty officers 
holding permanent appointments (art. 4427 (18), Navy Regulations) ; ( d ) con¬ 
tinuous-service pay (art. 4427 (23), Navy Regulations) ; ( e ) increases author¬ 
ized by General Orders, No. 34, November 27,1906 (art. 4427 (25),?savy Regula¬ 
tions) ; (f) increase in pay authorized by act of May 22, 1917. (T. D. 6, W. R.) 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 148, March 27, 1919. 

Information as to retention in the service of officers placed in class 3. 

1. At the beginning of demobilization instructions were issued dividing emer¬ 
gency officers into classes according to their desires and suitability for future 
service. Officers of the third class were those officers desiring and found quali¬ 
fied for future appointment in the Regular Army, should legislation provide an 
increase in the permanent establishment. This is to be the last class of officers 
discharged. Subsequently boards of officers were convened wherever possible 
to determine the suitability of class 3 emergency officers for retention with a 
view to appointment in the permanent establishment. 

2. During the period of classification of officers it was uncertain whether 
present law requiring that officers in the various staff corps of the Army be 
provided by details from the line would or would not be embodied in new legis¬ 
lation. Applications for appointment in all arms and branches of the Army 
were therefore received; and examining boards were not limited to the line of 
the Army in passing upon the fitness of applicants. The applications for future 
examination with a view to appointment in the permanent establishment now 
on file consists, therefore, of approved applications for practically all branches 
of the present Army. Due to uncertainty as to future legislation no maximum 
age limit has been set for applicants for appointment in the permanent estab¬ 
lishment. 

3. In December, 1918, instructions were published that officers of class 3 
would not be discharged but, when they became surplus, would be reported to 
the War Department with a view to their assignment where needed. Prac¬ 
tically all officers of this class are therefore still in the service. Their reten¬ 
tion is contemplated so long as there is need for their services but is in no 
way to increase the total number of officers held in service. 

4. As no legislation concerning the permanent establishment has been en¬ 
acted, and as there appears to be no prospect of any such legislation in the 

immediate future, many matters pertaining to the future appointment of class 


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3 officers in the permanent establishment are still in doubt. The election of an 
officer to remain in class 3 is a matter of considerable importance to the indi¬ 
vidual, and each officer is advised to consider fully the following matters in 
arriving at his decision whether to continue as a class 3 officer or request 
reclassification with a view to discharge when his services can be spared: 

a. In the classification of an officer there is no promise expressed or implied 
that he will receive a future appointment in the permanent establishment. It 
is the hope of the War Department that such officers will be made a preferred 
class in filling such vacancies, if any, as future legislation may provide. 

1). The appointment of such officers in the permanent establishment must be 
subject to their eligibility under such legislation as may hereafter be enacted. 
Examinations for appointment in the past have been academic as well as prac¬ 
tical in order to establish the ability of the appointee to meet the requirements 
of the military service in the matter of professional education and improvement. 

c. The present system of commissioning all officers in the Cavalry, Field 
Artillery, Coast Artillery, Infantry, Engineers, or Medical Department, and the 
filling of vacancies in other staff corps by a temporary detail from time to time 
of officers of the above branches (Medical Department excepted) may or may 
not be continued. An officer who has been found suitable for appointment in 
one of the above branches or for appointment in either one of the above branches 
or a staff corps has therefore a much greater chance of appointment than an 
officer who has been found suitable for appointment in the staff corps only. 

d. In the absence of legislation should the number of class 3 officers in service 
become in excess of the number required for duty, the discharge of surplus 
class 3 officers will in the interests of economy become necessary. Should such 
officers be discharged, their applications, if they so desire, will be retained on 
file for consideration should future legislation provide vacancies to be filled in 
the permanent establishment. 

e. During the emergency officers have, in general, been advanced to grades 
above those which they could expect to hold under normal conditions, and a 
general reduction in grade of class 3 officers upon entering the permanent 
establishment therefore appears probable. Regulations governing the grade to 
which officers are to be appointed and their relative rank in such grade have 
not been and can not be formulated until legislation authorizing appointments is 
enacted. While due credit will be given for service rendered during the war, 
officers can not expect to retain the grades attained by them under war con¬ 
ditions. 

f. Should legislation for an increase in the permanent establishment not be 
enacted or be unduly delayed, the discharge of all officers holding emergency 
commissions may become necessary. Under present law the emergency Army 
will go out of existence four months after proclamation by the President an¬ 
nouncing the treaty of peace. The War Department lias submitted a bill pro¬ 
viding for a permanent establishment of approximately 500,000 enlisted men and 
28,000 officers, thereby indicating the opinion of the department as to size of the 
establishment believed necessary. Action upon the matter having been indefi¬ 
nitely delayed, all officers who have been classified with a view to filling these 
vacancies must fully realize that economies forced upon the department may 
require their discharge at any time, regardless of the desire to hold them in 
service with a view to examination for appointment. 

5. Many letters are being received in the War Department indorsing officers 
for future appointment in the permanent establishment. In general, such let¬ 
ters are from persons not in military service and have but little bearing on the 
mental, moral, or professional fitness of the candidate. Such letters are filed 


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with the officer’s application, but can have no effect upon his application unless 
pei tinent to his qualifications and from a writer in position to know the quali¬ 
fications of the candidate. Officers should therefore refrain from increasing 
the work of the department by causing letters in their behalf to-be forwarded 
unless such letters are of real value in determining the fitness of the officer. 
In general, the writers, of such letters apparently do not understand that the 
\\ ar Department is being requested to appoint the candidate to a vacancy that 
has not yet been created and that can only be created by legislation increasing 
the size of the permanent establishment. There are no vacancies in the present 
permanent establishment to be filled at this time and should there be any in the 
luture in the absence of new legislation they must necessarily be filled by 
appointments in the lowest grades and subject to conditions of existing law. 
There is no provision of law for transfers of officers from the emergency Army 
to the permanent establishment. 

1210.1, A. G. o.] 

Circular No. 152, March 28, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended by Circular No. 241, W. D., 1919.] 

Control of discharge of personnel. 

1. Department commanders and commanding officers of camps, posts, or sta¬ 
tions not under the jurisdiction of department commanders, are authorized to 
take final action in the cases of all men under their command which come under 
the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, as amended. 

2. When such men belong to an organization of a staff corps or department, 
the commanding officers of such organizations will be consulted and due con¬ 
sideration will be given to their recommendations as to whether or not such 
men can be spared. 

3. Department commanders and commanding officers of camps, posts, or sta¬ 
tions, not under department commanders, are charged with the responsibility of 
reducing the personnel of their respective commands under current, general, and 
special War Department instructions. In this connection they will consult zone 
supply officers and the other proper representatives of staff corps and depart¬ 
ments with reference to the discharge or disposition of men whose duties are 
performed under the supervision of such representatives. The needs of each 
staff corps and department will receive due consideration. 

4. The attention of all is again directed to the importance of discharging 
from the military service, as rapidly as they can be spared, all men drafted or 
enlisted only for the period of the emergency. The principles of Circular No. 
77, War Department, 1918, as amended, will be observed as a guide in deter¬ 
mining the order of merit of men for discharge in organizations in which a 
certain number of men must be retained, but the lack of reasons for discharge 
under that circular will not operate to prevent the discharge of a man, who can 
be spared, who desires discharge, and who otherwise is eligible therefor. 

5. In case it becomes necessary to utilize any camp, post, or station for 
storage or other appropriate staff corp purposes, to an extent which will require 
the retention of men or an increase to a specified number of men in any staff 
corps or department organization, beyond the number required for the normal 
operation of the camp, post, or station during demobilization, the chief of the 
staff corps or department concerned will communicate this fact, and his recom¬ 
mendations with reference to personnel, through The Adjutant General of the 
Army to the department, camp, post, or station commander concerned. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 


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Circular No. 157, March 29, 1919. 

Maintenance of directories for mail purposes at camps, posts, and stations— 
Extension of Circular No. 94, War Department, 1919. 

It Las been brought to the attention of the War Department that the provi¬ 
sions of Circular No. 94, War Department, 1919, requiring that directories for 
mail purposes be maintained at demobilization camps, are not being observed in 
some cases. In order that no soldier will be discharged or separated from the 
service without leaving an address to show where his mail can be forwarded 
with a reasonable expectation that it will reach him, the provisions of Circular 
No. 94 are extended to include all camps, posts, and stations. Directories 
will be maintained showing the forwarding address of every soldier discharged 
or separated from the service or transferred from the camp, post, or station. 

[311.18, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 158, March 29, 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Preparation of Form 526, Treasury Department, B. W. 

It. I. 

The following decision of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance as to whether 
or not insurance officers or other officers assisting in that work are authorized 
to administer oaths in executing Form 526, Treasury Department, B. W. R. I.,. 
is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 

It will be sufficient for the purposes of the bureau if the compensation appli¬ 
cation, Form 526, is executed by the claimant and signed by him in the presence 
of an officer, who will sign as witness to the claimant’s signature and the 
veracity of his statements. An application executed under such circumstances, 
although not sworn to, will be accepted by the bureau as the basis of adjudicat¬ 
ing the compensation application of a soldier at the time of his separation from 
the service. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 161, March 31, 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Preparation of notice of discharge (Treasury Department,. 

B. W. R. I. Form 333). 

In connection with Circular No. 57, War Department, 1919, many notices of 
discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I. Form 333) have been received at 
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance on which the reason for discharge is not 
stated as required by paragraph 5 of the printed instructions on the back of the 
original form. It is not sufficient to state that the enlisted man was discharged 
in compliance with telegraphic instructions from The Adjutant General of the 
Army or in accordance with the provisions of any general or special order. The 
reason for discharge must be stated as required by paragraph 5 of the 
instructions. 

The provisions of the second paragraph of Circular No. 57, War Department, 
1919, will be strictly complied with. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 166, April 2, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended by circulars Nos. 249, 277, and 315, W. D.,. 
1919.] 

Uniform for discharged officers and enlisted men. 

1. The following circulars*are rescinded: Circulars Nos. 30, 105, 139, and 
156, War Department, 191S. and Circular No. 7, War Department, 1919. The 


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following circulars are amended in so far as they conflict with the provisions 
of this circular: Circulars Nos. 43 and 85, War Department, 1919, and sub- 
paragraph c, paragraph 15; Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, as amended 
by Circular No. 169, War Department, 1918. 

2. The following articles of clothing and equipment may be permanently 
retained by enlisted men upon discharge and the clothing may be worn by them 
thereafter: 

a. 1 oversea cap (for all enlisted men who have had service overseas) or, 1 
hat and 1 hat cord (for all other enlisted men). 

6. 1 olive-drab shirt. 

c. 1 woolen service coat and ornaments. 

d. 1 pair woolen breeches. 

e. 1 pair shoes. 

f. i pair canvas or spiral leggins (canvas if available). 

g. 1 waist belt. 

h. 1 slicker. 

i. 1 overcoat. « 

j. 2 suits underwear. 

k. 4 pairs stockings. 

l. 1 pair gloves. 

m. 1 gas mask and helmet (for all officers and enlisted men to whom they 
were issued overseas). 

n. 1 set toilet articles; this includes 1 hairbrush, 1 comb, 1 toothbrush, 1 
shaving brush, 1 razor, 1 small steel mirror, and 2 towels (if in possession of 
soldier at time of discharge). 

o. 1 barrack bag. 

p. 3 scarlet chevrons; to be sewed on uniform prior to discharge when 
practicable. 

3. a. Form No. 637, A. G. O., will be used to record the list of articles of 
clothing and equipment taken by a discharged enlisted man to his home under 
the provisions of this circular. 

b. The form will be prepared as directed in the instructions on the form for 
a man detached from his company, with the following exceptions: 

(1) Missing articles for which he was responsible and for which he is in¬ 
debted to the United States will be charged to him as prescribed in Circular No. 
169, War Department, 1918. 

(2) Invoices on Form No. 600, A. G. O., as required in paragraph 5 of the 
instructions on the form, will not be prepared. 

(3) The following certificate will be stamped or written on page 2 of the form 
and signed by the enlisted man: 

“ I certify that I have received to take to my home all of the items listed in 
the ‘ issued ’ column bearing the date of my discharge.” 

(4) When page 1 does not give sufficient room to enter all of the items, the 
list may be extended in the blank space on page 2. 

c. Hereafter all individual equipment records of men discharged from the 
service, after being closed as indicated above and in Circular No. 169, War De¬ 
partment, 1918, will be forwarded with the service records to The Adjutant 
General of the Army as prescribed for the service record in Circular No. 73, 
War Department, 1918. 

4. Any enlisted man who served in the United States Army during the present 
war, honorably discharged or furloughed to the Reserve since April 6, 1917, 
who has restored to the Government any of the above articles, or to whom 
for any reason they were never issued, may make application for such articles 


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to the Domestic Distribution Branch, Office of the Director of Storage, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., whereupon similar clothing and uniform in kind and value, as near 
as may be, will be returned to him. The application will state sizes required 
and will be accompanied by an affidavit made before any civil or military officer 
authorized to administer oaths, setting forth the soldier’s record of service since 
April 6, 1917; the date and place of his discharge or furlough to the Reserve; 
and certifying that none of the articles applied for were retained by him at the 
time of his discharge or furlough to the Reserve; or, if retained, that they have 
been restored to the Government. Officers and enlisted men who have returned 
the gas mask and helmet may make similar application for these articles, and 
they will be reissued if available. 

5. The articles enumerated in paragraph 2 will be kept on hand by each en¬ 
listed man furloughed to the Reserve since April 6, 1917, and will be retained 
by him upon his separation from active service and may be worn thereafter. 
When worn out these articles may be discarded. 

6. The act of Congress approved February 28, 1919, provides that any person 
w r ho served in the United States Army during the present war may wear the 
uniform after discharge provided that it shall include some distinctive mark to 
be prescribed by the Secretary of War. The red chevron has been prescribed 
to be worn by discharged enlisted men as a recognition of duties performed in 
the service of the country. This is now also designated as the distinctive mark 
required by the before-mentioned act and will be worn by discharged officers and 
enlisted men alike. This also applies to discharged officers who accept com¬ 
missions in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, until called to active duty, when the 
red chevron will be removed. A chevron will be worn point up midway be¬ 
tween the elbow and shoulder on the left sleeve of the coat and overcoat and 
on the shirt when worn without the coat. It is unlawful under the National 
Defense Act for the uniform to be worn by discharged officers or enlisted men 
without this distinctive mark, and the offender renders himself liable to civil 
prosecution and punishment by a fine not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment 
not exceeding six months or by both such fine or imprisonment. A supply of 
these chevrons will be kept on hand at all demobilization camps and at all 
Quartermaster salesrooms for sale to honorably discharged officers. 

7. All commanding officers are enjoined to see that all officers and enlisted 
men about to be discharged are informed of the provisions of this circular. 

[421, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 167, April 3, 1919. 

Discharge of officers of the Adjutant General’s Department—Rescission of Cir¬ 
cular No. 91, War Department, 1918. 

Circular No. 91, War Department, 1918, is rescinded and the following sub¬ 
stituted therefor: 

1. No officer of the Adjutant General’s Department at the headquarters of 
any department, post, camp, or station will be separated from the service by 
either discharge or resignation without the prior approval of the War Depart¬ 
ment in each case. 

2. When such officers become surplus or their services are no longer required 
at a particular place or station The Adjutant General of the Army will be im¬ 
mediately informed in order that the services of these officers may be utilized 
.at other places if required. 

[324.122, A. G. O.] 

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Circular No. 168, April 4, 1919. 

[Note.— This circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 231, W. D., 1919.] 

Discharge certificates and final statements not to be prepared on typewriting 
machines. 

It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that in some 
cases discharge certificates and final statements have been prepared on type¬ 
writing machines. This practice is in direct violation of the provisions of 
paragraph 194, Compilation of General Orders, Circulars and Bulletins of the 
War Department, 1881-1915, and will be discontinued immediately. 

That part of paragraph 194, Compilation of Orders, relating to the prepara¬ 
tion of discharge certificates and final statements reads as follows: 

“ Under no circumstances will discharge certificates and final statements be 
prepared on a typewriting machine.” 

The provisions of this paragraph will be strictly observed. 

[220.84, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 171, April 7, 1919. 

Receipts for money due repatriated prisoners of war. 

The commanding general, American Expeditionary Forces, has arranged 
through the Armistice Commission to present to the German Government for 
payment, .receipts given by that Government for money due to repatriated 
prisoners of war. 

All repatriated prisoners of war who have returned to the United States and 
who hold receipts for money due them from the German Government should 
send the receipts, preferably by registered mail, to The Adjutant General of 
the Army, Washington, D. C., to be forwarded to Chief Quartermaster, Ameri¬ 
can Expeditionary Forces. 

[383.6, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 174, April 8. 1919. 

Disposition of clothing for retired soldiers. 

Enlisted men who have served honorably on the active list during the present 
war and who are separated from active service by process of retirement will 
be provided at the time of retirement with the articles of clothing and equipment 
enumerated in paragraph 2, Circular No. 166, War Department, 1919, excepting 
gas mask, helmet and scarlet chevrons. 

The retained articles, excepting used underwear, stockings and toilet articles, 
will be returned within four months of retirement to the nearest zone supply 
officer by mail under a franked label furnished to the soldier for the purpose 
at time of retirement. 

[420, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 185, April 14, 1919. 

Advance of per diem allowance to members of Army Nurse Corps ordered home 

for discharge. 

Hereafter members of the Army Nurse Corps ordered home for discharge or 
relieved from active service may be paid in advance a flat per diem allowance 
as prescribed in paragraph 733, Army Regulations, as changed, for the period 
required to perform the journey home according to the schedules of the common 
carrier. The orders directing the travel will specify that the flat per diem 
allowances are authorized for the actual time required for the journey. 


74 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 

Such advance payments will be made on War Department Form No. 369, 
for individual cases or War Department Form No. 334, as an open roll when 
several must be paid on the same day. Without respect to columns or data 
on the printed forms the vouchers will show in the case of each nurse the 
points of travel and the approximate date and hour the journey should com¬ 
mence and end. The brief and heading of the voucher should be modified to 
show that the same covers per diem travel allowances of members of the Army 
Nurse Corps ordered home for discharge or relieved from active service. Two 
copies of the order directing the travel must be filed with the voucher on 
which payment is made. The nurse’s personal copy of the order will be 
indorsed by the paying officer showing the amount paid. 

Care will be taken to see that such advance payments of travel allowances 
are indorsed on the nurse’s letters of appointment or assignment as a check 
against error in final payment. 

[246, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 187, April 14, 1919. 

[Note. — This circular has been amended by Circulars Nos. 206 and 223, W. D., 1919.] 
Victory buttons. 

1. A lapel button to be known as the Victory button, for wear on civilian 
clothes, will be issued to all officers, enlisted men (excluding members of the 
Students’ Army Training Corps), field clerks, and members of the Army Nurse 
Corps, who served honorably on active duty in the Army of the United States 
for a period of 15 days at any time between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 
1918. The button will be of silver for those wounded in action and bronze for 
all others. 

' 2. For the present, the Victory button will be issued at time of honorable 

discharge to those entitled to it and to those who have already been honorably 
discharged. Later the button will be issued to all remaining in service enti¬ 
tled to it. 

3. Those who have been discharged before a supply of buttons was available 
for issue may secure a button by mailing to the supply officer of the nearest 
military post, camp, or station, including a recruiting station, their original 
discharge certificate or a true copy thereof prepared on the form provided for 
the purpose, or, in the case of officers to whom no discharge certificate was 
issued, their discharge order, or a true copy thereof. The true copy of a dis¬ 
charge certificate or of a discharge order must be executed by a civil officer 
empowered to administer oaths and be a full, literal, and complete copy of the 
original and contain all written or printed matter appearing on both sides of 
the discharge certificate or discharge order. The certificate of the civil officer 
must be in the following form: 

“ I certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the original dis¬ 
charge certificate (or discharge order) of _.._ _ 

_and contains all written and printed matter 

appearing on both sides of the discharge certificate (or discharge order). 

“ I further certify that I have indorsed on the original discharge certificate 
(or discharge order) over my signature the following in words and figures: 

True copy made by me _ (date), 191_, for purpose of securing a 

Victory button by mail.” 

4. Necessary blank forms (Form No. 704, A. G. O., for enlisted men, and 
Form No. 704-1, A. G. O., for officers) for preparation of true copies of discharge 
certificates will be furnished by the War Department and may be obtained when 
the supply is available from the supply officer of any military post, camp, or 
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CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 75 

No blank form for preparation of true copies of officers’ discharge orders will 
be furnished. 

5. When the supply officer issues a Victory button, he will indorse on the 
discharge certificate, discharge order, or true copy of discharge certificate or 
discharge order the fact of issue and kind of button issued. 

6. Commanding officers will give this circular the widest publicity possible 
in the local press. 

[421, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 189, April 15, 1919. 

War-risk Insurance—Information relative to compensation and continuance 

of war-risk insurance. 

It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that at certain 
camps the provisions of paragraph 21, Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, 
and Circular No. 89, War Department, 1919, are not being observed, in that 
men are being discharged without being furnished copies of the memorandum 
entitled “ Information Relative to Compensation and Continuance of War-Risk 
Insurance.” 

Commanding officers will take the necessary measures to insure that every 
officer and enlisted man is furnished upon discharge with a copy of the afore¬ 
mentioned memorandum, and that the provisions of the circulars mentioned 
are strictly observed. 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 191, April 15, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended by Circular No. 242, W. D., 1919.] 

Discharge and assignment of officers—Amendment to Circular No. 124, War 

Department, 1918. 

1. Paragraph 11, Circular No. 124, War Department, 1918, is amended so as 
to permit an unlimited number of officers to be sent with detachments of en¬ 
listed men to demobilization centers near their homes for discharge. 

2. The provisions of paragraph 8, Circular No. 86, War Department, 1919, 
may be applied to class three officers whose discharge is necessary under pro¬ 
visions of paragraph 7, Circular No. 138, War Department, 1919, or for other 
reasons. 

3. Officers desiring to take advantage of the provisions of paragraph 8, Cir¬ 
cular No. 86, War Department, 1919, may, if they so desire, and there are no 
detachments of troops with which they can be sent, be transferred to the de¬ 
mobilization center nearest their homes provided the journey is performed on 
a leave status and at their own expense. Such journeys can not be construed 
as necessary in the military service and the furnishing of transportation in 
kind or payment of mileage is not permissible. 

4. Hereafter no class three officers will be considered surplus within any 
command if there is a class one or class two officer whom he can replace, the 
necessary qualifications for the duties of the latter being considered. 

5. Any class one or class two officers who can be spared will be discharged 
by commanders now authorized to discharge without reference to other au¬ 
thority. Class one and class two officers will not in general be considered 
available for any reassignment involving a change of station. Exceptions to 
these instructions are authorized only when published by the War Department. 

6. The following class one and class two officers, when surplus, will not be 
discharged but will be reported by wire to The Adjutant General of the Army 


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(attention room 830), and instructions awaited relative to their discharge or 
reassignment. The report will state the name, rank, and classification of the 
officer and any urgent reasons that may exist for discharge. Upon receipt of 
such reports officers may be assigned elsewhere if urgently needed. 

a. Medical officers on duty at general hospitals, base hospitals, and as mem¬ 
bers of examining boards at demobilization centers. 

6. Officers engaged in finance work or the termination of contracts. 

c. Officers on duty with Ordnance Depot companies which are permanent 
camp organizations. 

d. Officers of The Adjutant General’s Department on duty as personnel ad¬ 
jutants or insurance officers. 

7. In connection with numerous requests and reports received relative to revo¬ 
cation of discharge orders attention is directed to the following opinions pub- 
lished in Digest of Opinions of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, War 
Department, 1912. 

a. A legally executed discharge issued by competent authority can not be re¬ 
voked (p. 458). 

b. An order which directs a discharge may be revoked or suspended at any 
time before the discharge has actually taken effect (p. 459). 

c. An executed honorable discharge issued by competent authority can not 
be revoked unless obtained by fraud on the part of the soldier. Mere mistake 
on the part of officers executing it will not justify revocation (p. 455). 

d. A discharge takes effect from the date upon which notice of such discharge 
is served upon the person to be discharged (p. 448). 

[210.8, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 195, April 17, 1919. 

Transmission of service records. 

Attention is directed to the fact that delay in the transmission of service 
records of enlisted men sent to demobilization camps for discharge retards 
demobilization. The service records must be transmitted with the men at the 
time of their transfer and only in the manner prescribed in paragraph 2, In¬ 
structions for Notation of Data on Service Record. This paragraph reads as 
follows: 

“ 2. Forwarding to first station. * * * The service records will be turned 

over to the officer or noncommissioned officer or other enlisted man in command 
of the detachment. In case of a recruit traveling alone the service record will 
be forwarded by mail, or when the mail service can not be depended upon, the 
service record will be placed in a sealed envelope with the pay card and given 
to the soldier.” 

These instructions apply not only to forwarding the service record to first 
station but also to transmitting the service record in all subsequent changes 
of station. 

[201.3, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 196, April 18, 1919. 

Employment for discharged soldiers who are pharmacists. 

The Advisory Committee of the American Pharmaceutical Association for 
Soldier and Sailor Pharmacists, 1005 Mercantile Library Building, Cincinnati, 
Ohio, is equipped to find positions for men in any part of the country and to 
furnish them opportunities for employment, for establishment in the drug busi¬ 
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CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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Commanding officers will make known this information to those men about to 
leave the service who are pharmacists or are interested in the drug business and 
inform them that for further information they may address that committee. 

[231.235, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 206, April 22, 1919. 

Victory buttons—Amendment to Circular No. 187, War Department, 1919. 

Paragraph 1, Circular No. 187, War Department, 1919, is amended to read as 
follows: 

1. A taped button to be known as the Victory button, for wear on civilian 
clothes, will be issued to all officers, enlisted men, field clerks, and members of 
the Army Nurse Corps, who served on active duty in the Army of the United 
States at any time between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and whose 
service was honorable. The button will be silver for those wounded in action 
and bronze for all others. 

[421, A. G. o.] 

Circular No. 208, April 23, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been amended by Circular No. 208, W. D., 1919.] 

Discharge of men enlisted in the Army Reserve for three years. 

Men enlisted for a term of three years in the Army Reserve, and subsequently 
called to active service under the provisions of the act of Congress approved 
August 24, 1912 (Bui. No. 15, W. D., 1912), and whose term of three years 
in the Army Reserve has expired, will be discharged under the following 
conditions: 

1. The eligibility of such men for discharge will be determined by the 
principles laid down in current instructions for the discharge of men drafted 
or enlisted for the period of the emergency only, and the same efforts will be 
made to effect the release of all such men desiring their discharge from the 
service. 

2. Men in this class who desire to remain in the service may be so retained 
in their present grades as long as authority exists for holding emergency men 
in the service. 

3. Men of this class may, if they so desire, reenlist under current instructions 
after having been discharged. Such enlistment will, however, be deemed an 
original enlistment for all purposes, their status in the Army Reserve prohibit¬ 
ing the construction that their service is continuous. 

4. Nothing in these instructions is to be construed as authorizing the dis¬ 
charge of men who had been furloughed to the Army Reserve, and subsequently 
recalled to active service, except as provided in existing instructions. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 209, April 23, 1919. 

Discharge of soldiers on account of sentence to imprisonment by civil court. 

Commanding officers having general court-martial jurisdiction are authorized 
to discharge under the provisions of paragraph 139, Army Regulations, sol¬ 
diers absent in confinement from their commands on account of sentence to 
imprisonment by civil courts. 

In case such soldiers have been convicted by civil courts of felony, no physi¬ 
cal examination need be given them in connection with their discharge from 
the military service. If civil court has .convicted a soldier of misdemeanor 
only, and he is to be discharged under the provisions of paragraph 139, Army 


78 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OE ARMY. 

Regulations, the commanding officer concerned should request the department 
commander, in whose territorial jurisdiction the soldier in question is con¬ 
fined, to arrange for physical examination of soldier prior to his discharge 
from the military service. The department commander will secure the neces¬ 
sary permission from the civil authorities concerned for physical examination 
to be made and will order an Army medical officer to the place where soldier 
is confined to make examination. This medical officer will, if necessary, per¬ 
form the duties of the Medical Board of Review. When such soldiers are dis¬ 
charged, all records will be prepared and forwarded in accordance with the 
existing regulations for the discharge of enlisted men. 

[702.2, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 210, April 25, 1919. 

Issue of reclaimed clothing. 

Each enlisted man before being discharged will be inspected by his organiza¬ 
tion commander to insure that the uniform issued to him and intended to be 
taken with him on discharge is a new uniform, or a reclaimed one practically 
as good as new which would be suitable beyond doubt for wear on pass or at 
ceremonies. If the uniform is found not to be presentable a report will be 
made to the post, camp, station, or regimental commander and a new uniform 
issued. The local commanding officer will be the final judge as to whether the 
uniform is good enough for issue under there instructions and will be held re¬ 
sponsible that only presentable uniforms are issued. 

A statement as to the condition of the uniform issued (new or reclaimed 
and serviceable) to each discharged soldier will be entered on his individual 
equipment record card. (Form No. 637, A. G. O.) 

* hj * * * * * 

[420, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 213, April 28, 1919. 

Interpretation of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918. 

1. It has been brought to the attention of the War Department by the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture that some commanding officers do not construe the 
provisions of paragraph 1, Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, which read, 
“ When he is needed to resume employment in an industry or occupation in 
which there is urgent need of his services,” to include farming. 

It is the intention of the War Department that farming be considered, for 
the purposes of this circular, to be on the same plane with all other industries 
or occupations of the country. 

2. The attention of all concerned is especially directed to the fact that it is 
not the policy of the War Department, in applying the provisions of Circular 
No. 77, War Department, 1918, to consider a general shortage of labor in any 
industry or in any section of the country a determining factor in establishing 
the eligibility of an individual for discharge, except only in so far as such a 
general condition can be shown to fix the need of the individual concerned for 
the purpose for which his discharge is sought. Each application for discharge 
under this circular should be considered from the standpoint of its relative 
merit with other applications of men in the same organization. 

3. It should be clearly understood that it is the policy of the War Depart¬ 
ment to discharge every man enlisted or drafted for the emergency if eligible 
for discharge, as soon as he can be spared, regardless of whether or not his 
case comes within the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, 


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provided he can not be used under existing authority to release another man 
who is eligible for discharge under this circular. 

Therefore, in effect, Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, as amended 
and interpreted, should serve only to establish the order in which men drafted 
or enlisted for the emergency should be discharged. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 216, April 28, 1919. 

Disposition of surplus property of troops returning from the American Expedi¬ 
tionary Forces. 

During the present emergency at debarkation and demobilization camps 
only, all surplus property taken from returning members of the American Ex¬ 
peditionary Forces and all property rendered useless by the sanitary process 
will be transferred to the salvage officer without the action of a surveying offi¬ 
cer or an inspector and without the personal inspection of the commanding 
officer as required by the last subparagraph of paragraph 717, Army Regula¬ 
tions, as changed, but upon the certificate of the accountable officer that 
the property transferred to the salvage officer is unserviceable, that it 
has become so through fair wear and tear, and that all articles of prop¬ 
erty for which he is accountable which have become unserviceable other¬ 
wise have been submitted for the action of a surveying officer; provided that 
when the salvage officer is not satisfied that an unserviceable article presented 
under this authority has been worn out by fair wear and tear in the service, 
he may decline to receive such article except as provided for class 2 articles 
in paragraphs 678 and 717, Army Regulations. 

[426, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 218, April 28, 1919. 

Interpretation of the words “ Honorable Conditions ” in connection with the 

payment of the $60 bonus to discharged soldiers. 

The following approved opinion of the Acting Judge Advocate General of 
the Army interpreting the words “honorable conditions” in connection with 
the payment of the $60 bonus to discharged soldiers is published for the in¬ 
formation and guidance of all concerned: 

1. Second indorsement by this office on your communication “Reference A. 
G. 242.17, Miscl. Div., March 6, 1919 ” is amended to read as follows: 

1. This office has been requested to render an opinion as to what should be 
considered ‘honorable conditions’ under which a person in the military service 
of the United States may resign or be discharged and thereby become entitled 
to receive the $60 additional pay provided for in section 1406 of the revenue 
act approved February 24, 1919.” 

The act provides: 

“Sec. 1406. That all persons serving in the military or naval forces of the 
United States during the present war who have, since April 6, 1917, resigned 
or been discharged under honorable conditions (or, in the case of reservists, 
been placed on inactive duty), or who at any time hereafter (but not later 
than the termination of the current enlistment or term of service), in the case 
of the enlisted personnel and female nurses, or within one year after the termi¬ 
nation of the present war in the case of officers, may resign or be discharged 
under honorable conditions (or, in the case of reservists, be placed on inactive 
duty), shall be paid, in addition to all other amounts due them in pursuance 
of law, $60 each. 

“This amount shall not be paid (1) to any person who though appointed or 
inducted into the military or naval forces on or prior to November 11, 1918, 
had not reported for duty at his station on or prior to such date; or (2) to any 
person who has already received one month’s pay under the provisions of sec¬ 
tion 9 of the act entitled ‘An Act to authorize the President to increase tem- 


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porarily the military establishment of the United States,' approved May 18,1917; 
or (8) to any person who is entitled to retired pay ; or (4) to the heirs or legal 
representatives of any person entitled to any payment under this section who 
has died or may die before receiving such payment. In the case of any person 
who, subsequent to separation from the service as above specified, has been 
appointed or inducted into the military or naval forces of the United States 
and has been, or is again, separated from the service as above specified, only 
one payment of .$60 shall be made. 

“ The above amount, in the case of separation from the service on or prior 
to the passage of this act, shall be paid as soon as practicable after the passage 
of this act, and in the case of separation from the service after the passage of 
this act shall be paid at the time of such separation. 

‘‘The amounts herein provided for shall be paid out of the appropriations 
for ‘ pay of the Army ’ and ‘ pay of the Navy,’ respectively, by such disbursing 
officers as may be designated by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the 
Navy.” 

The Secretary of War and the Secretary of Navy, respectively, shall make 
all regulations necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this section. 

The principal purpose of the act was to provide soldiers with sufficient funds 
upon discharge to enable them to defray their expenses during the time after 
their discharge that would ordinarily be required by them to secure employ¬ 
ment. The act had a further purpose of making a gratuity payable to all those 
who had served the country during the war with Germany and whose services 
had been meritorious. 

2. It was evidently the intention of Congress not to confine itself to the form 
of discharge given, but to authorize the payment of the gratuity according to 
the merits of the individual cases. For this reason the forms of discharge pre¬ 
scribed by paragraph 150, Army Regulations, can not be adopted as the sole 
method of determining whether or not the holder of the discharge is entitled 
to the gratuity. 

3. It is the opinion of this office that the separation of officers from the 
service by resignation or discharge should in all cases be considered as being 
made under “ honorable conditions,” except when such resignation is accepted 
“ for the good of the service ” or when the order or certificate of discharge 
recites facts precluding the presumption of “ honorable conditions.” The dis¬ 
missal from the service of an officer by sentence of a general court-martial or 
by order of the President should not be considered as a discharge under “ hon¬ 
orable conditions.” 

4. In the cases of all other persons in the military service, except enlisted 
men, the circumstances of each individual case must govern. 

5. There are numerous conditions under which discharges from military 
service may be granted enlisted men. Of the most frequent the following dis¬ 
charges should be considered as having been granted under “ honorable con¬ 
ditions ” : 

(1) “Honorable discharges” granted as provided in paragraph 150. Army 
Regulations. 

(2) Those granted for the convenience of the Government (as when their 
services are no longer required). 

(3) Those granted under the provisions of paragraph 139, Selective Servic 4 ' 
Regulations. 

(4) Discharges from draft on Forms 638 and 638-1, except when used to 
discharge alien enemies and allied alien enemies on account of such alienage. 

(5) Those granted for the purpose of reenlisting. 

(6) Those granted in order to enable the discharged soldier to become 
naturalized. 

(7) Those granted on account of alienage, except alien enemies and allied 
alien enemies; also except those granted to neutral aliens who, having declared 
their intentions to become American citizens, withdrew their declarations under 
the provisions of the act of July 9, 1918 (40 Stat., 885), to escape further service. 

(8) Those granted on account of dependency. 

(9) Those granted on account of urgent need in industrial work. 

(10) Those granted on surgeon’s certificate of disability, whether in line of 
duty or not in line of duty, except when disability was not in line of duty due 
to willful misconduct while in the service. 

(11) Those granted by order of United States court or a justice or judge 
thereof on writ of habeas corpus. (A. R. 139.) 


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(12) Those granted on account of 20 years of service for admission to sol¬ 
diers’ home. (A. R. 179.) 

6. The following discharges should be considered as not having been granted 
under “ honorable conditions ” : 

(1) Dishonorable discharges imposed by sentence of a general court-martial 
or a military commission. 

(2) Those granted enemy aliens and allied enemy aliens on account of such 
alienage; also those granted on account of alienage to neutral aliens who, under 
the provisions of the act of July 9, 1918 (40 Stat., 885), withdrew their pre- 
Adously declared intentions to become American citizens to escape further 
service. 

(3) Those granted on surgeon’s certificate of disability, when the disability 
was not in line of duty and was due to willful misconduct while in the service. 

(4) Those granted for desertion when physically unfit and desertion is ad¬ 
mitted. (Par. 126, A. R.) 

(5) Those granted on account of habits and traits of character. (Under 
1481, A. R.) 

(6) Those issued on account of fraudulent enlistment. 

(7) Those issued on account of sentence to imprisonment by civil court, 
whether suspended or not. (Par. 139, A. R.) 

(8) Those granted to conscientious objectors whose discharges bear the fol¬ 

lowing notation pursuant to Circular No. 97, War Department, November 2*9, 
1918. “ This is a conscientious objector who had done no military duty what¬ 

soever and who refused to wear the uniform.” 

7. Discharges by order of the President or the Secretary of War other than 
those mentioned herein must be considered each upon its merits to determine 
whether or not they are made under “ honorable conditions.” 

8. A discharge to accept a commission where the commission is only tem¬ 
porary and where the soldier is never completely separated from the service 
but is given the right to resume his former status as an enlisted man upon the 
termination of his commission, should not be considered a discharge for the 
purposes of this act, and persons discharged under such conditions are not 
entitled to receive the gratuity provided for in the act unless when they resign 
or are discharged from their commission they fail to reenlist within the time 
prescribed by the act for reinstating them in their enlisted grade. 


[242.17, A. G. O.] 


P. A. Iyreger, 

Acting Judge Advocate General. 


Circular No. 223, April 29, 1919. 

Victory buttons—Amendment to Circular No. 187, War Department, 1919. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 187, War Department, 1919, is amended so as 
to provide that true copies of discharge certificates or discharge orders may be 
executed by Army officers on duty at educational institutions, 

[421,. A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 226, April 30, 1919. 


War-risk insurance—Preparation of notice of discharge (Treasury Depart¬ 
ment, B. W. R. I., Form 333). 

1. The Treasury Department has recently brought to the attention of the 
War Department the fact that the Bureau of War Risk Insurance can not 
promptly discontinue the payment of allotments and family allowances upon 
the discharge of enlisted men from the Army for the reason that notices of 
discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I., Form 333) are not being received 
from the Army promptly and in such shape that they can be immediately acted 
upon. As a result of t he inability to so discontinue the allotments and family 
allowances, the bureau is paying to the allottees large sums which otherwise 
are unauthorized and which it will be difficult, if not impossible, to recover. 

2. Many men are now being discharged in whose cases no notification of dis¬ 
continuance of a llotments are being received by the Bureau of War Risk Insuri 


127946—19-6 



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ance or by the zone finance officer, as called for in Circulars Nos. 73 and 85, 
War Department, 1918, and Circulars Nos. 57 and 161, War Department, 1919. 

The notice of discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I., Form 333) covers 
insurance and Class A and B allotments. This form should be promptly for¬ 
warded to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in each case of a man discharged 
and will be checked by both the organization commander and personnel adju¬ 
tant prior to being forwarded to the bureau. 

Notification of discontinuance of class E allotments, including Liberty bond 
allotments, will be made out on Q. M. C. Form 39 and will be sent directly to 
the zone finance officer, Washington, D. C. 

In case any doubt may arise as to the class of allotment a man may be 
paying (whether A, B, or E), both forms will be made out and sent to the 
proper offices. 

3. The attention of all concerned is directed to the fact that in case of dis¬ 
charge of officers the notice of discharge is required in order to give proper 
notice to the Insurance Division of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. In this 
case the word “ none ” should be written in the allotment column on the form. 

4. The original and duplicate of the notice of discharge must not be separated, 
but both forwarded to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, where they are sep¬ 
arated. In numerous cases the duplicates of this form are being received by 
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance on which the names and Army serial num¬ 
bers of the men are not shown, and it is believed that this omission on the dupli¬ 
cates is due to the improper placing of the carbon at the time these forms are 
prepared. The necessary check will be made of the duplicate sheet of the form, 
as well as of the original. 

5. In connection with these instructions, attention is directed to Circulars 
Nos. 73 and 85, War Department, 1918; Circulars Nos. 57 and 161, War De¬ 
partment, 1919; and paragraph 1353, Army Regulations. The result desired is 
that the notice of discharge be correctly made out so as to contain all necessary 
information, and be mailed promptly to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, 
Washington, D. C., in case of every officer and enlisted man. 

6. The commanding officer of every post, camp, or station is enjoined to see 
that all concerned under his jurisdiction are thoroughly informed of these in¬ 
structions. On receipt of this circular he will take all measures necessary, in¬ 
cluding a thorough inspection, and such further inspections from time to time 
as may be necessary, to insure that these instructions are carried out strictly 
and that the reports in question are made out correctly and mailed promptly to 
the Bureal of War Risk Insurance, Washington, D. C., as required. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 230, May 1, 1919. 

Discontinuance of Camp Pike, Ark., as a convalescent center—Amendment to 

Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, as amended, is further 
amended so as to exclude Camp Pike, Ark., from the list of camps enumerated 
therein. 

[704.2, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 231, May 1, 1919. 

Preparation of discharge certificates. 

1. The provisions of Circular No. 168, War Department, 1919, which prohibit 
the preparation of discharge certificates and final statements on typewriting 
machines, are amended so as to also prohibit the use of rubber stamps for such 
purpose. 


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2. Discharge certificates will be neatly and carefully prepared in longhand 
and must be legible. The fact should be borne in mind that the discharge certi¬ 
ficate is the official record of service of the man to whom issued and as such 
will be preserved by him. For this reason the certificate should be prepared 
in a presentable form. 

[220.84, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 232, May 1, 1919. 

Notation of decorations on discharge certificates. 

1. Hereafter there will be entered on each discharge certificate a heading, 
“Decorations, medals, badges, citations,” immediately after the heading “Bat¬ 
tles, engagements, skirmishes, expeditions.” 

2. Under the heading “ Decorations, medals, badges, citations ” there will be 
noted, with the authority for its award, each decoration or citation awarded 
the soldier for valor and for service. 

[210.5, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 233, May 1, 1919. 

Discharge of men enlisted in the Army Reserve for three years—Amendment 
to Circular No. 208, War Department, 1919. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 208, War Department, 1919, is amended to read 
as follows: 

3. Men of this class may, if they so desire, reenlist under current instruc¬ 
tions after being discharged. Such enlistment will, however, be deemed an 
original enlistment for all purposes, their status in the Army Reserve prohibit¬ 
ing the construction that their service is continuous except when second enlist¬ 
ment period is authorized as prescribed on page 6, Recruiting Circular No. 2, 
War Department, 1916. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 237, May 2, 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Insurance in case of total and permanent disability. 

The following decision of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance relative to in¬ 
surance in case of total and permanent disability is published for the informa¬ 
tion and guidance of all concerned: 

“1. Men who are still in the service may claim their insurance on account of 
total and permanent disability by executing Form No. 526, which is the form 
also used to claim compensation. In claiming insurance on account of total 
and permanent disability, question 11 in the blank, which asks for the nature 
and extent of the disability claimed, should be answered ‘ total and permanent.’ 
Of course, questions 9 and 10, date, place, and cause of last discharge should 
be answered by stating that the claimant has not yet been discharged from the 
military service. The application should be accompanied by a physician’s 
report from the examining or attending physician on Form 504, which has also 
been supplied and may be obtained from the bureau in any case where the 
supply has become depleted. 

“ 2. Upon receipt of Forms 526 and 504 properly filled out, the man’s claim 
for insurance on account of total and permanent disability will be adjudicated, 
and if insurance is vested, and an award made, the commanding oflicer at the 
camp, barracks, station or hospital where the man is detailed will be immedi¬ 
ately notified, so that further deduction of premiums may be discontinued. 
Any premiums that have been collected from the date that the claimant is 


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found to have become totally and permanently disabled up to the date that the- 
notice of the award is received by the commanding officer, and further deduc¬ 
tions discontinued, will be returned by the bureau. 

“ 3. It will be advisable on all these cases to have the disabled soldier exe¬ 
cute a second Form No. 526 in presentation of his claim for compensation at 
the time of his discharge, in order that it may be accompanied by the report of 
his physical examination at that time.” 

[004.61, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 241, May 6, 1919. 

Control of discharge of personnel—Amendment to Circular No. 152, War De¬ 
partment, 1919. 

Paragraph 1, Circular No. 152, War Department, 1919, is amended to read 
as follows: 

1. Department commanders and commanding officers of camps, posts, or sta¬ 
tions not under the court-martial jurisdiction of department commanders are 
authorized to take final action in the cases of all men under their command 
which come under the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, as- 
amended. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 242, May 7, 1919. 

Discharge and assignment of officers—Amendment to Circular No. 191, War 

Department, 1919. 

Paragraph 6, Circular No. 191, War Department, 1919, is amended by adding- 
the following subparagraphs: 

e. Officers of the line assigned to duty with the Medical Department as in¬ 
structors in general and base hospitals functioning in reconstruction and re¬ 
education of sick and wounded soldiers. 

f. Officers of the Judge Advocate General’s Department serving outside thu 
Office of the Judge Advocate General. 

g. Officers assigned to duty under jurisdiction of the Commission on Training 
Camp Activities. 

[210.8, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 244, May 8, 1919. 

Leave of Absence—Rescission of Circular No. 20, War Department, 1919. 

Circular No. 20, War Department, 1919, is rescinded and the following is sub¬ 
stituted therefor: 

1. No leaves of absence will be granted to officers who are about to be sepa¬ 
rated from the service, except as provided in Circular No. 86, War Department,. 
1919, or under exceptional circumstances of illness in the family or other dis¬ 
tress. In the latter case, leaves for a period not to exceed one week may be- 
granted. These instructions apply to emergency officers who are to be dis¬ 
charged in the near future, as well as to officers of the permanent establishment 
who may resign, or be placed on the retired list, or who may be returned to 
inactive duty on the retired list. 

2. Officers who are to be retained in the service may be granted ordinary 
leaves of absence not to exceed one month, when their services can be spared. 
These instructions apply to officers of the permanent establishment, as well as 
to emergency officers. In exceptional cases, leaves of absence for longer periods 
than one month may be granted. In such cases the applications stating the ex¬ 
ceptional circumstances will be referred to the War Department for action. 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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Bequests for extended leaves of absence when resignation, retirement, or return 
to the inactive list is to take effect upon the expiration of such leave, will not 
be approved. 

[210.711, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 245, May 9, 1919. 

Forms for true copy of discharge certificate. 

1. The blank forms for preparation of true copies of discharge certificates. 
Form No. 704-1, A. G. O., and Form No. 704, A. G. O., for use in obtaining the 
Victory button as prescribed in Circular No. 187, War Department, 1919, are 
now being distributed. 

2. These forms have been prepared for use only in those cases where a dis« 
charged officer or enlisted man can not present his original order or certificate 
in person to those designated to distribute the button, because no distributing 
officer is located in the vicinity. 

3. The use of the forms will be limited to those cases where applications for 
the button is made by mail. 

[220.84, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 247, May 10, 1919. 

Physical eligibility of enlisted men of Regular Army for furlough to the 
Reserve. 

1. Only those men will be furloughed to the Reserve under the provisions of 
Circulars Nos. 16 and 85, War Department, 1919, who are physically eligible 
for discharge under the provisions of subparagraphs ft and c, paragraph 1, Cir¬ 
cular No. 86, War Department, 1918, and Circular No. 93, War Department, 1918. 

2. Men ineligible for furlough to the Reserve under the provisions of Circu¬ 
lars Nos. 16 and 35, War Department, 1919, but who are physically ineligible 
under the provisions of Circulars Nos. 86 and 93, War Department, 1918, will, 
if their disabilities are curable, be furloughed to the Reserve when cured. Men 
suffering from incurable disabilities will be discharged on surgeon’s certificates 
of disability, when the points of maximum improvement in their cases are 
reached. 

[326.1, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 249, May 13, 1919. 

Issue of raincoats and ponchos—Amendment to Circular No. 166, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1919. 

1. Subparagraph h, paragraph 2, Circular No. 166, War Department, 1919, 
is amended to read as follows: 

h. One slicker, or raincoat mounted or dismounted, if in his possession. If 
soldier has none of these articles, a poncho will be issued in lieu thereof until 
supply of ponchos is exhausted. 

2. Until the present stock becomes exhausted, ponchos will be issued to dis¬ 
charged soldiers in lieu of slicker or raincoat, as provided in paragraph 1. 
If this will not exhaust the stock of ponchos, they may be issued in lieu of 
raincoat dismounted to men in active service. 

[424.7, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 251, May 14, 1919. 

Decision of Comptroller of the Treasury with reference to travel pay. 

In connection with Circular No. 252, War Department, 1919, issued this date, 
the following extracts from decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury rela- 


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live to travel pay as authorized by the act of Congress approved February 28; 
1919 (sec. IV, Bui. No. 11, W. D., 1919), are published for the information and 
guidance of all concerned: 

1. The Comptroller of the Treasury under date of April 17, 1919, rendered 
decision as follows: 

The Honorable The Secretary of War. 

Sir: I have your request of the 10th instant for decision of question formu¬ 
lated as follows: 

“( a ) Shall the term ‘ actual bona fide home or residence,’ as contained in sec¬ 
tion 3 of the act of February 28, 1919 (Public, No. 300), be considered for the 
purposes of travel pay as the place at which an enlisted man entered active 
military service by enlistment, induction under the selective service act of' 
May 18, 1917, muster in, or otherwise? 

“(b) If question (a) above be answered in the negative, it is requested that 
the term ‘ actual bona fide home or residence ’ be defined for the guidance of 
all concerned, having in mind the fact that the terms ‘ home,’ ‘ residence ’ singly, 
and when qualified by the words ‘ actual ’ and ‘ bona fide ’ or ‘ actual bona fide,’’ 
have been given various constructions by various courts as found in similar or- 
different statutes. 

“(c) If question (a) above be answered in the negative, shall an enlisted man 
be paid travel pay to any place claimed by him as his actual bona fide home or 
residence based upon his written statement alone? 

“(d) If evidence other than the enlisted man’s written statement as to' 
place of actual bona fide home or residence be required, what evidence should 
ordinarily be submitted to support such claim, having in mind the fact that 
there are thousands of men being discharged daily who may claim actual 
bona fide residence at places other than the places at which they entered the-' 
military service. 

“(e) The act of February 28, 1919, provides for the payment of travel pay 
at the rate of 5 cents per mile to enlisted men honorably discharged since- 
November 11, 1918, or who may be so discharged after the date of the approval 
of said act from the place of discharge to their actual bona fide home or resi¬ 
dence, or original muster iiito the service, at their option. Those men who 
were discharged between November 11, 1918, and February 28, 1919, were paid 
travel pay as provided by the act of June 3, 1916, to the place of acceptance- 
for enlistment, enrollment, or original muster into the service, at their option, 
at the rate of 3£ cents per mile and at the time of discharge they had no option 
under such law to elect that they should receive travel pay to their home or 
residence if such place be different than one of the places then specified by 
law. Question: May such men now, after having exercised the option author¬ 
ized under the act of June 3, 1916, and having been paid and accepted the travel 
pay due them under such act, select another place claimed by them as their 
actual bona fide home or residence and become entitled to the difference be¬ 
tween 3^ cents and 5 cents per mile for a distance equal to that for which they 
have already been paid travel pay and to 5 cents per mile for any distance 
such home or residence is from place of discharge in excess of the distance for 
which previously paid? In this connection attention is invited to the fact that 
the United States Railroad Administration upon the request of the War Depart¬ 
ment authorized the sale of tickets to discharged soldiers between place of 
discharge and the place to which entitled to travel pay, as specified on their 
discharge certificates, at the rate of 2 cents per mile. 

“ (f) While prior to its amendment section 126, national-defense act, author¬ 
ized travel allowances to enlisted men discharged, ‘ except by way of punish¬ 
ment for an offense,’ the amendatory act provides for the allowance to an en¬ 
listed man ‘honorably discharged.’ Does this change mean that only those 
soldiers whose certificates of discharge show that they were ‘ honorably dis¬ 
charged ’ are entitled to the travel allowance, or does it mean that a, soldier 
‘ discharged under honorable conditions ’ will be entitled to the allowance? ” 

******* 

Section 126 of the act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 217), is as follows: 

“ Sec. 126. On and after July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, an en¬ 
listed man when discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for 
an offense, shall receive 31 cents per mile from the place of his discharge to the 
place of his acceptance for enlistment, enrollment, or original muster into the 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


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service, at his option : Provided, That for sea travel on discharge, transportation 
and subsistence only shall he furnished to enlisted men.” 

Sections 3 and 4 of the act of February 28, 1919 (Public, No. 300), are as 
follows: 

“ Sec. 3. That section one hundred and twenty-six of the act entitled ‘An 
act for making further and more effectual provisions for the national defense, 
and for other purposes,’ approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be 
amended to read as follows: 

“ ‘ Sec. 126. That an enlisted man honorably discharged from the Army, 
Navy, or Marine Corps since November eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen, 
or who may hereafter be honorably discharged, shall receive 5 cents per mile 
from the place of his discharge to his actual bona tide home or residence or 
original muster into the service, at his option: Provided, That for sea travel on 
discharge, transportation and subsistence only shall be furnished to enlisted 
men: Provided, That naval reservists duly enrolled who have been honorably 
released from active service since November eleventh, nineteen hundred and 
eighteen, or who may hereafter be honorably released from active service, shall 
be entitled likewise to receive mileage as aforesaid.’ ” 

“ Sec. 4. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions or 
this act are hereby repealed.” 

In decisions of this office June 26. 1916 (22 Comp. Dec., 697), and November 
3, 1916 (23 Comp. Dec., 282), construing the travel-pay law of June 3, 1916, 
it was held that it is “ the purpose of the act to return a man to the place from 
which he was taken by the Government.” 

In letter to Secretary of War, dated February 13, 1919 (88 MS. Comp. Dec., 
713), being prior to the enactment of the law of February 28. 1919, it is said: 

“ The rate of travel pay ‘ now prescribed by law for discharged soldiers ’ 
is found in section 126 of the act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 217). Any regu¬ 
lation which does not conform to the provisions in said section would not meet 
the conditions imposed by the act of July 9, 1918, namely: ‘ Now prescribed 
by law for discharged soldiers.’ Referring to regulation (a) submitted, it is 
proper to remark that a retired enlisted man or reservist of the Regular 
Army while in pursuit of civil occupation may have been many miles away 
from his home or place of residence when he received the order directing him 
to report for active service. The place to which an enlisted man of the Army 
is entitled to travel pay on discharge is his home or the place at which he 
offers himself for enlistment or takes the initial step toward entering the 
service. * * * The regulations you have submitted are well stated and ac¬ 

cord with existing laws with but one exception, namely: The last clause of 
regulation (a), I am of the opinion, should be changed to read as follows: 

‘ he shall receive the same allowance to his home, the place of record where 
the order directing him to report for active service was to be sent.’ ” 

Reviewing past legislation we find that under the specific provisions of 
section 22, act of January 11, 1812 (2 Stat., 674), section 15, act of January 29, 
1813 (2 Stat., 796), section 3, act of March 19, 1836 (5 Stat., 7), and section 16, 
act of March 3, 1863 (12 Stat., 734), an enlisted man of the Regular Army or 
the Volunteer Force when discharged from the service of the United States was 
entitled to travel pay from the place of his discharge to his “ residence.” 
Section 15 of the act of January 29, 1813 (2 Stat., 796), and section 8 of the 
act of June 20, 1864 (13 Stat., 145), were embodied in the Revised Statutes as 
sections 1289 and 1290. This was in force until the enactment of the law of 
March 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 902), which authorizes the payment of travel pay to 
an officer “ from the place of his discharge to the place of his residence at the 
time of appointment or to the place of his original muster into the service.” A 
provision in the same law relating to travel pay of enlisted men was super¬ 
seded by subsequent acts of Congress, and the travel pay law as to enlisted 
men of the Army discharged on or after July 1, 1916, is under the provisions 
of above-quoted acts of June 3, 1916, and February 28, 1919, as follows: 

“ To those discharged from the service in period from July 1, 1916, to No¬ 
vember 10, 1918, honorably, without honor, or dishonorably, but not by way 
of punishment for an offense, 3J cents per mile. 

“ To those discharged from the service in period from November 11, 1918, to 
February 27, 1919, without honor, or dishonorably, but not by way of punish¬ 
ment for an offense, 3i cents per mile. 

“ To those discharged honorably on or after November 11, 1918, 5 cents 
per mile.” 


88 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


Paragraph 150, Army Regulations, contains a provision as follows: 

“ Discharge certificates will be used in the discharge of enlisted men and 
for no other purpose, and will be of three classes: For honorable discharge, 
for discharge, and for dishonorable discharge.” 

This law, passed by Congress February 28, 1919, so far as it amends section 
126 of the act of June 3, 1916, was the result of an amendment offered in 
the Senate to the bill which provided for the retention of uniforms and other 
equipment by enlisted men. The amendment as offered on the floor of the 
Senate and adopted by the Senate February 22, 1919, was to amend section 
126 to read as follows: 

“ That an enlisted man discharged from the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps 
service, except by way of punishment for an offense, shall receive 5 cents per 
mile from the place of his discharge to his actual bona fide home or residence, 
or original muster into the service, at his option: Provided, That for sea travel 
on discharge, transportation and subsistence only shall be furnished to en¬ 
listed men.” 

“ As to discharge, except by way of punishment for an offense, this was 
similar to the former law, but the reference to “ actual bona fide home or resi¬ 
dence,” was new. This amendment with others was disagreed to by the House 
and the conference committee reported in lieu of this Senate amendment the 
language which was afterwards enacted in the law of February 28, 1919, as 
hereinbefore quoted. The conference committee did not explain the purpose 
of the amendment as the committee framed it, but Senator Chamberlain, 
chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, explained the con¬ 
ference report to the Senate by the statement that the amendment which the 
Senate had adopted was broadened somewhat by the conference committee to 
allow 5 cents a mile either to their homes or to their place of enlistment and 
allowed marines and men of the Navy the same rate of pay, stating that the 
bill was broadened to give a man the option of receiving mileage either to his 
home or to his place of enlistment. 

In view of this change in the law it is evident that the Congress intended 
that the additional pay granted at 5 cents instead of 3| cents a mile should be 
calculated upon a basis different from that which had been established by 
interpretation of the former laws. That intention must have been that the 
enlisted man should have the 5 cents a mile to his actual bona fide home or 
residence even if that place was different and at a greater distance from the 
place of discharge than the place of his “ acceptance for enlistment, enrollment, 
or original muster into the service ” referred to in section 126 of the act of 
June 3, 1916. 

[The question in the case of any man who exercises his option by deciding 
to receive 5 cents a mile to the place of original muster into the service is 
easily solved, because chat place is indicated in the records of the service. But 
when he exercises the option by deciding to receive the 5 cents a mile to the 
place of his actual bona fide home or residence an entirely different situation 
arises, because of the fact that the records of the War Department furnish no 
evidence to establish the place of his actual bona fide home or residence, and 
that place, as a rule, is unknown to the military authorities. I think it is 
evident that a statement or affidavit of the enlisted man would not be sufficient 
evidence upon which to decide the question in all cases. It is not possible 
to lay down any general rules by which the place can be determined imme¬ 
diately by officers charged with payment of travel pay. This office can not 
undertake to state what form of evidence would be acceptable in all cases, 
because what would be sufficient in one case might be insufficient in another. 

While I am convinced that the language used in this law requires a dif¬ 
ferent construction from the language used in the former law in order to 
give effect to the new words introduced in the law by the amendment referred 
to, I think it is clear that, in the absence of a rule of evidence established by 
the law itself, it is impossible to bstablish a procedure by which the travel 
pay to the actual bona fide home or residence can be allowed when such place is 
more distant from the place of discharge than the place of original muster 
into the service. 

It is to be assumed, of course, that the enlisted man, having the option to 
receive 5 cents a mile for the distance from place of discharge to one of two 
places, will very properly select the place at the greater distance. Whether 
or not he intends to make the travel to the place selected is immaterial. 

It is therefore concluded that upon discharge an enlisted man should be 
paid 5 cents a mile from place of discharge to place of original muster into the 


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service, and if tlie place claimed to be that of his actual bona fide home or 
residence is at a greater distance, he can present a claim for the difference 
between that amount and the amount paid him 'on discharge. Such claim should 
be made to the Auditor for the War Department, where the evidence as to the 
actual bona fide home or residence can be considered and such amount as may¬ 
be found due can be certified for payment.] 

This answers questions (a), (6), (c), and (cl). In answer to question ( e) 
as to men discharged between November 11, 1918, and February 28, 1919, and 
later, who were paid 3| cents a mile under the act of June 3, 1916, they may 
now be paid the difference of li cents per mile from place of discharge to place 
of acceptance for enlistment, enrollment, or original muster into the service. 
Those who claim payment to the place of actual bona fide home or residence 
should file a claim therefor with the Auditor for the War Department. 

In connection with this question ( e ) and your reference to the granting 
by the United States Railroad Administration of a rate.of 2 cents per mile, I 
am of opinion that this does not affect the rights of enlisted men under the law 
and authorizes no deduction from the 5 cents a mile. 

Answer to (f) : An enlisted man who is not dishonorably discharged nor dis¬ 
charged without honor, but is discharged under honorable conditions, although 
the word honorably is omitted from his discharge paper, may be said to be 
honorably discharged within the meaning of section 3 of the act of February 
28, 1919. * * * 

2. The Comptroller of the Treasury in his decision of May 3, 1919, in recon¬ 
sidering that part of his decision of April 17, 1919, shown in brackets, stated 
that: 

Before this decision was written inquiry was made at the War Department 
and I was unofficially advised, as stated in the decision, that the records of 
the War Department furnished no evidence to establish the place of actual 
bona fide home or residence, and that place as a rule is unknown to the mili¬ 
tary authorities. 

I am now advised that when a man entered the service he was required 
to state the place of his residence, and that this place was recorded on his 
service record and this record is now in the possession of his commanding 
officer (or the War Department in the case of men already discharged). 
This record of itself is not sufficient evidence to establish a man’s actual 
bona fide home or residence, but as this statement was made at a time when 
no possible advantage would be gained by claiming a place other than the 
actual residence, I am of the opinion that if the soldier in an affidavit made 
at or about the time of his discharge names a place as his actual bona fide 
home or residence which coincides with that stated on the service record, this 
record and affidavit would warrant the disbursing officer in making payment to 
that place, and the decision of April 17, 1919, is modified to this extent. 

[242.17, A. G. O.] 


Ciectjlae No. 252, May 14, 1919. 

[Note.— This circular has been amended by Circulars Nos. 280, 317, and 325, W. D., 
1910.] 

Transfer of enlisted men to demobilization centers for discharge. 

So much of Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918, as conflicts with the 
provisions of this circular; Circulars Nos. 106, 122, and 149, War Department, 
1918; Circulars Nos. 13, 17, 37, 104, and 110, War Department, 1919, are re¬ 
scinded, and the following substituted therefor: 

TEAVEL ALLOWANCES. 

1. Under the provisions of section 3 of an act of Congress, approved Feb¬ 
ruary 28, 1919, entitled “An act permitting any person who has served in the 
United States Army, Navy; or Marine Corps, in the present war, to retain his 
uniform and personal equipment, and to wear the same under certain condi¬ 
tions ” (sec. IV, Bui. No. 11, W. D., 1919), all enlisted men honorably discharged 
from the Army since November 11, 1918, will be paid on discharge travel pay 


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at the rate of 5 cents a mile from their places of discharge to their points of 
entry into the service or to their actual bona fide homes or residence, at their 
option. * 

POINT OF ENTRY INTO MILITARY SERVICE. 

2. The place of a soldier’s entry into the military service for purpose of deter¬ 
mining travel allowances due him upon separation from the service is as follows r 

a. The place of acceptance for enlistment in case of men who enlisted in 
the Regular Army or men who enlisted in an organization of the National 
Guard after it had been called into Federal service; Men who enlisted in 
the Regular Army for active service are, upon furlough to the Reserve after 
November 11, 1918, entitled to travel pay at the rate of 5 cents per mile from 
place of furlough to place of acceptance for enlistment, or to their actual bona 
fide home or residence, at their option, provided they have not been previously 
furloughed to the Reserve in current enlistment and subsequently recalled to 
active service. 

b. The place of induction in case of men inducted under the selective-service 
law: The place of a soldier’s induction into the service is always the site of the 
local board to which the registrant,reported (Form 1028, P. M. G. O.) for im¬ 
mediate military service. In the large majority of cases this was the same as 
his local board of registration or origin.- In some cases it was, for geographical 
convenience, some other local board or board of transfer. In those exceptional 
cases when drafted men reported for military service directly to camps or 
stations and not to local boards for entrainment to camp or station their 
“places of induction” will, nevertheless, be taken to be the local boards to 
which they were ordered to report on Form 102S. 

c. The home rendezvous of the organization with which they reported for 
present tour of Federal service in case of men who belonged to the National 
Guard prior to its being called or drafted into Federal service and reported for 
active Federal service as members of such National Guard organizations under 
call or draft by the President. 

d. Their home in case of men of the Regular Army, who within current 
enlistments have been furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve and subse¬ 
quently recalled to active service, and men originally enlisting in the enlisted 
Reserve Corps and retired enlisted men who are called to active duty: Such 
home is construed as being the place to which their order for mobilization for 
active service was originally sent or should have been sent; that is, the place 
reported as last residence address by such soldier prior to his being called to 
such active service. All of these men upon return to an inactive status, as dis¬ 
tinguished from being discharged, are entitled, under provisions of law con¬ 
tained in the Army appropriation act approved July 9, 1918 (BuLNo. 43, W. D., 
1918), to 31 cents per mile, payable in advance, upon release from such active 
duty, and not to 5 cents per mile as provided for discharged soldiers; but if, 
instead of being returned to an inactive status, the reservists mentioned above 
are discharged, they are entitled, under the act approved February 28, 1919 
(sec. IV, Bui. No. 11, W. D., 1919), and section 29 of the act approved June 3, 
1916 (Bui. No. 16,W. D., 1916)', to 5 cents per mile as travel pay. 

TRAVEL-PAY AFFIDAVIT. 

3. For the purpose of payment of travel pay under the provisions of this cir¬ 
cular, a soldier’s actual bona fide home or residence will be taken to be his 
residence, as shown under the caption “ Residence ” in the first or second line 
of the “ Descriptive list ” on page 2 of his service record, supported by his 
affidavit, as prescribed in paragraph 4 below. 


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4. The present policy of the War Department contemplates the discharge of 
enlisted men at demobilization centers (see par. 15) nearest the points (either 
their homes or residences or points of entry into the service) to which they 
desire to receive travel pay on discharge. To this end each enlisted man will 
execute, subsequently to his designation for discharge, before an officer compe¬ 
tent to administer oaths, the following affidavit, in which he will state whether 
he desires to receive travel pay to the place of entry into military service or to 
his actual bona fide home or residence: 


State of_ 

County of 
I,- 


., ss. 


(Christian name.) 


(Surname.) 


(Serial number.) (Rank.) (Present organization.) 

United States Army, being first duly sworn, depose and say that my actual 
bona fide present home or residence is 


(Street No.) (City.) (County.) (State.) 

and that I entered the military service at_-_ 

(City and State.) 

I further depose and state under section 3, act of February 28, 1919 (Public 
300, 65th Cong.), I elect to receive travel pay from place of discharge or fm> 

lough to reserve to_ 

(Fill in one of two places named above.) 

I fully understand that any false statement made by me in this affidavit 
renders me liable to prosecution for fraud. 

(Signature of soldier.) 

Sworn and subscribed to before me this-day of-, 1919, at 

Station. 

(Signature of officer administering oath.) 

(Rank and official title of officer.) 

This affidavit will be filed with the soldier’s service record after his dis¬ 
charge, and will in all cases be executed on paper not larger than by 8£ 
inches in dimensions. In addition, the following statement will be \yritten or 
stamped with a rubber stamp upon the margin of the final indorsement of the 
service record and will be initialed by the officer signing the final indorsement: 

“ Soldier’s travel pay affidavit filed herewith --” 

In case the soldier claims travel pay to a residence other than that shown 
in his service record, he will be sent to the demobilization camp nearest his 
point of entry in the service for discharge. He will upon discharge be credited 
and paid travel pay at the prescribed rate from his point of discharge to his 
point of entry into the service and will be advised that he may submit a claim 
to the zone finance officer, Lemon Building, Washington, D. 0., for transmission 
to the Auditor for the War Department for any difference in travel pay that 
he may consider due him. The Auditor for the War Department will, upon 
the soldier’s request, furnish the necessary form of application with such in¬ 
formation as is necessary to enable the soldier to understand what proof must 
be submitted to fully establish such claims. 

5. The affidavit called for in paragraph 4 will in all cases be executed prior 
to the transfer of the enlisted men concerned to the proper demobilization 
center for discharge. In the case of men stationed in this country affidavits 














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will be executed prior to tbe departure of the men from their “ present sta¬ 
tions.” In the case of men returning from overseas, affidavits will be exe¬ 
cuted prior to their departure from the port of embarkation in the United 
States for the proper demobilization centers. 

Men who entered the service abroad will be required to execute the affidavit 
prior to the departure from abroad of units to which they are assigned or 
attached. Only such of these men as elect to receive travel pay to points 
within the United States, its insular possessions, Alaska, the Canal Zone, 
Canada, or Mexico will be returned to the United States for discharge. All 
men who claim travel pay to points elsewhere will be discharged overseas. In 
no case will an enlisted man be required to execute this affidavit prior to his 
•designation for discharge. 

REM AUKS ON FINAL PAY ROLL. 

6. Based upon the information contained in the soldier’s service record and 
affidavit as to his residence, an officer preparing final pay roll of enlisted men 
will, under these regulations, determine the place to which the soldier is to be 
paid travel pay by the disbursing officer, and will enter in column “ Date and 
place, etc., to which entitled to travel allowance ” the place to which the soldier 
has elected to receive travel pay as between the place of entry into the military 
service and actual bona fide home or residence, except that in the event the 
soldier has designated as his actual bona fide home or residence a place other 
than that shown on his service record, the place of entry into the military serv¬ 
ice will be noted in such column, and the soldier paid accordingly. In such 
cases final pay rolls will carry the remark under the soldier’s name as follows: 

“ The soldier claims his actual bona fide home or residence as--, 

Which can not be verified from his service record.” The soldier will be advised 
•of such payment in writing by the officer preparing final payment roll, and that 
he may submit to the zone finance officer, Lemon Building, Washington, D. C., 
claim for the additional distance involved to his actual bona fide home or 
residence designated by him in such affidavit. The zone finance officer will 
make record of the claim and transmit same to the Auditor for the War De¬ 
partment for settlement. Similar action will be taken by the officer preparing 
final statements. 

CLAIMS FOR ADDITIONAL TRAVEL PAY. 

7. All enlisted men who have been honorably separated from the service since 
November 11, 1918, and who consider that they have a claim for additional 
travel pay under the act of Congress approved February 28, 1919 (sec. IV, Bui. 
No. 11, W. D., 1919), may submit claim therefor directly to the zone finance 
officer, Lemon Building, Washington, D. C. (envelope to be marked “Travel 
allowances ”). Such claim must be submitted in the form of an affidavit upon 
a blank form which may be obtained from any Army recruiting officer, the Red 
-Cross or other agencies organized to aid soldiers, or from the Director of 
Finance, War Department, Washington, D. C., and will be accompanied by the 
soldier’s original discharge certificate or a true copy thereof certified as such 
by an Army recruiting officer. The original discharge certificate will be 
returned to the soldier after it has served its purpose. A true copy of discharge 
certificate will be accepted only when certified by an Army recruiting officer 
under the following conditions: The true copy will contain both printed and 
written matter of every nature and description of both sides of the original 
•discharge certificate. This true copy, together with the original discharge and 
the soldier’s affidavit, will be presented to the nearest Army recruiting officer, 



CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 93 

who will make and sign a certificate in the margin on the back of the original 
discharge in ink, or stamp with indelible ink, reading as follows: 

“ A true copy of this discharge certificate has been made and attested to by 
me to enable the soldier to obtain travel pay under act of February *28, 1919.” 

The officer will also place the following certificate on the copy of the discharge 
which is to be forwarded to the zone finance officer, Washington, D. C.: 

“ I certify that the foregoing is an exact, true, and literal copy of the dis¬ 
charge certificate of_, and that I have written in ink or 

stamped with indelible ink and signed on the original from which this copy was 
made, the following words: ‘A true copy of this discharge certificate has been 
made and attested to by me to enable the soldier to obtain travel pay under act 
of February 28, 1919.’ ” 

Officers signing certificate will show rank and station. 

After this certificate has been made the original discharge will be returned 
to the soldier, and true copy and the affidavit will be forwarded by the recruit¬ 
ing officer to the zone finance officer, Lemon Building, Washington, D. 0., for 
settlement. Blank forms for making certified copies of discharge certificates 
previously furnished recruiting officers in connection with claims for $60 bonus 
may be used for this purpose by striking out of the recruiting officer’s certificate 
the last word “ bonus ” and adding thereto the words “ travel pay under act 
of February 28, 1919.” Enlisted men who submitted certified copies of dis¬ 
charge certificates in connection with their claims for payment of the $60 bonus 
need not furnish another certified copy of discharge, but will forward the 
affidavit referred to above directly to the zone finance officer, Lemon Building, 
Washington, D. C., stating that they have already furnished certified copy of 
discharge in claim for $60 bonus, to which reference should be made in connec¬ 
tion with the claim for travel pay. In cases where the zone finance officer is 
precluded, under the decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury published in 
Circular No. 251, War Department, 1919, from making settlement in full of 
claim as presented, such zone finance officer will make settlement of the amount 
that he is authorized to pay and refer the case to the Auditor for the War 
Department for settlement of the balance of such claim upon its merits. 

CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH MEN MAY BE DISCHARGED AT “ PRESENT STATION.” 

8. Under instructions heretofore or hereafter issued directing the discharge 
of enlisted men, only those men will be discharged at their present stations 
who fall within the following special classes: 

а. Men who are nearer to the points to which they elect to draw travel pay 
on discharge than they are to any demobilization centers to which they can be 
sent for discharge. 

б. Men who are nearer to the points to which they elect to draw travel pay 
on discharge than they would be if sent away to any demobilization center for 
discharge. 

c. Men who have married in the vicinity of their present stations and whose 
applications for discharge at such stations have been approved by the officer 
authorized to direct their discharge. 

d. Men who have had employment in the vicinity of their present stations 
prior to entry into the service and who have definitely arranged to return to 
such employment, and whose written applications for discharge at their present 
stations have been approved by the officers authorized to direct their discharge. 

The fact that employment can be obtained in the vicinity of a soldier’s 
present station after discharge does not act to bring a case under the provisions 
of this paragraph. The soldier must actually have been employed in the 
vicinity prior to his entry into the service. 



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e. When it is desired that a man be employed after his discharge in a 
civilian capacity at his present station by the military authorities authorized 
to hire civilians, and satisfactory assurance is given the officer authorized to 
direct the discharge that the man will accept employment for the desired period 
of time. 

f. When the transfer to a demobilization center for discharge of a man 
whose discharge lias been approved on the grounds of sickness or distress in 
his family under the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, will 
impose hardship upon those for whose relief his. discharge has been approved. 

Applications for discharge at the “ present station ” as thus provided for 
will be closely scrutinized, and will be approved only after the grounds upon 
which they are based have been clearly shown to come within the above- 
described classes. 

In cases not coming within the above classes in which it appears, that undue 
hardship will be imposed upon a man by his transfer to a demobilization 
center for discharge, request for his discharge at his “ present station ” may 
be made to The Adjutant General of the Army. 

TRANSFERS TO DEMOBILIZATION CENTERS. 

9. Every other enlisted man ordered discharged will be sent for discharge 
to a demobilization center near the point designated as the point to which he 
will be paid travel pay. Normally this demobilization center will be the one 
nearest such point. In exceptional cases, however, when the total distance 
to be traveled by the man to be discharged will be substantially reduced, or 
when his return to the place designated in his affidavit will be clearly facili¬ 
tated, the proper commanding officer may send him for discharge to a demo¬ 
bilization center other than the one nearest the point named in his affidavit. 
No such exception will be made to facilitate a man’s return to the point named 
in his affidavit when it will cause an excessive increase in the total cost of 
transportation and travel pay over that which would be incurred by the Gov¬ 
ernment in sending him for discharge to the demobilization center nearest the 
point to which he will receive travel pay. 

10. Any case which can not be decided under the provisions of paragraph 9 
without imposing undue hardship upon the soldier concerned will be referred 
to The Adjutant General of the Army, attention room 336, for decision. 

11. Men sent from a station to the same demobilization center for discharge 
will be formed in a detachment and will be accompanied, if practicable, by 
a sufficient number of commissioned officers to maintain discipline, preferably 
from localties near the demobilization center to which the detachment is sent. 
When the detachment consists of more than 30 men, the commanding officer of 
the station from which it is sent will prearrange all details by wire with the 
commanding officer of the demobilization center. When the detachment con¬ 
sists of 30 men or less, no preliminary arrangements are necessary. In all 
cases, however, the commanding officer of the demobilization center will be 
notified by wire of the date and hour of the detachment’s departure from its 
station and of its probable arrival at the demobilization center. These instruc¬ 
tions are not to be construed as prohibiting the sending of enlisted men singly 
to demobilization centers for discharge. This practice will be minimized as 
much as possible, but the discharge of no enlisted man will be unduly delayed 
awaiting the departure of a detachment for the demobilization center to which 
he is to be sent. 

12. Special instructions are issued from time to time relative to the disposal 
of men and organizations arriving from overseas. Commanding generals of 


. CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 95 

ports of embarkation and other commanding officers concerned will in each case 
be governed by such special instructions. 

13. This circular will be quoted as authority for transfers specified above. 
Each movement of enlisted men under this authority will be reported by wire 
to The Adjutant General of the Army, attention room 155, stating destination 
and number of men sent. 

14. All records and papers of men sent to demobilization centers for dis¬ 
charge will be completed as far as possible prior to their departure from the 
station from which they are sent. 


DEMOBILIZATION CENTERS. 


15. The following stations are designated as demobilization centers and men 
will not be sent for discharge under these instructions to stations other than 
those listed below: 


Camp Bowie, Tex. 
Camp Custer, Mich. 
Camp Devens, Mass. 
Camp Dix, N. J. 
Camp Dodge, Iowa. 
Camp Funston, Kans. 
Camp Gordon, Ga. 
Camp Grant, Ill. 
Camp Jackson, S. C. 
Camp Lee, Ya. 

Camp Lewis, Wash. 


Camp Meade, Md. 

Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 

Camp Pike, Ark. 

Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. 
Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. 

Camp Shelby, Miss. 

Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

Camp Taylor, Ky. 

Camp Travis, Tex. 

Camp Upton, N. Y. 


16. The commanding officers of the stations listed will discharge all men sent 
under authority of this circular to their respective stations who, upon examina¬ 
tion, are found eligible therefor under current instructions. They will expedite 
the discharge of such men and the necessary active supervision will be insti¬ 
tuted and maintained to insure a thorough and rapid accomplishment of all 
work incident to the demobilization of organizations and the discharge of men 
as ordered. 

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. 


17. All men designated for discharge, except men arriving from overseas, will 
be given a thorough preliminary physical examination prior to the time they 
leave their present station for demobilization centers, and men found not physi¬ 
cally eligible for discharge at such examination will not be sent to a demobiliza¬ 
tion center for discharge. When such men become eligible therefor they will be 
immediately sent to the proper demobilization center for discharge. The final 
physical examination prior to separation from the service will be made at the 
station where the man is actually separated from the service. Men arriving 
from overseas at ports of embarkation in this country need not be given this 
preliminary examination prior to their departure for demobilization centers. 

Men transferred to a demobilization center for immediate discharge who are 
found physically ineligible therefor will be transferred to a convalescent center 
or to the proper hospital for treatment. Intensive treatment will be given 
venereal cases. When they become eligible therefor, all such men will be imme¬ 
diately discharged under the authority of this circular, without further orders. 
A report giving number, reasons prohibiting discharge, and station from which 
all men ineligible for discharge came, will be promptly made to The Adjutant 
General of the Army, attention room 336, except in the case of men returned 
from overseas, who are forwarded from ports of embarkation. 


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DISPOSITION OF MEN DESIRING TO REMAIN TEMPORARILY IN SERVICE. 

18. Men desiring to remain temporarily in the service may be transferred 
without loss of grade to unassigned in the arm or corps to which they belong 
and will be attached as extra members to permanent camp organizations. 

19. Current War Department instructions, relative to discharge, should be 
thoroughly studied in connection with this circular. Attention is particularly 
directed to the provisions of Circular No. 128, War Department, 1918, and 
Circulars Nos. 14, 23, 34, and 66, War Department, 1919. 

[246.86, A. G.O.] 

Circular No. 254, May 14, 1919. 

[Note. —This circular has been supplemented by Circular No. 275, W. D., 1919.] 

Action on applications for discharge or furlough to the reserve—Rescission of 

Circular No. 40, War Department, 1919. 

Circular No. 40, War Department, 1919, is rescinded and the following substi¬ 
tuted therefor: 

In connection with Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, as supplemented 
by Circular No. 6, War Department, 1919, and Circular No. 16, War Department, 
1919, as extended by Circular No. 55, War Department, 1919, in all cases when 
the application of an enlisted man for discharge, or furlough to the Reserve, 
has been disapproved by a subordinate commanding officer, the application will 
be forwarded to the next higher commander. Disapproval will be considered as 
.the final action thereon only when the application is disapproved by the com¬ 
mander who, under the provisions of paragraph 1, Circular No. 77, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1918, or Circular No. 16, War Department, 1919, as extended by Circular 
No. 55, War Department, 1Q19, is authorized to effect such discharge or furlough 
to the Reserve. 

These instructions will be brought to the attention of all concerned, and com-, 
manding officers will take the necessary steps to determine from time to time 
that they are strictly adhered to. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 255, May 14, 1919. 

Misinformation regarding furlough to the Reserve. 

1. It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that in cer¬ 
tain places enlisted men have been misinformed to the effect that in all cases 
men enlisted *prior to April 2, 1917, would be retained on active service until 
the expiration of their full enlistment period of seven years. 

2. This is not the policy of the War Department. For the present the services 
of such men are needed, but as soon as they can be spared, it is the intention 
to furlough to the Reserve all of them who do not desire to reenlist and who 
shall have completed the prescribed period of active service of three or four 
years, as the case may be. 

3. The commanding officers of all posts, camps, and stations will require 
that this circular be read to all enlisted men in their commands. 

[326.1, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 257, May .15, 1919. 

Lost baggage. 

There has been established at Hoboken, N. J., a lost baggage depot for receiv¬ 
ing all lost, astray, or unaccompanied baggage shipped to the United States 
from overseas. A large number of pieces of such baggage, now on hand at the 
depot, can not be disposed of through inability to locate the owners. Any 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 97 

returned member of the American Expeditionary Forces who may have lost 
his baggage should communicate with the baggage officer, port of embarkation 
Hoboken, N. J., in an effort to recover it. Should the baggage not be at the lost 
baggage depot, the baggage officer will institute search elsewhere. 

[524.2, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 258, May 15, 1919. 

Camp Kearny discontinued as convalescent center—Amendment to Circular 
No. 90, War Department, 1918. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 90, War Department, 1918, as amended, is further 
amended so as to exclude Camp Kearny, Calif., from the list of camps enu¬ 
merated therein. 

[324.122, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 261, May 20, 1919. 

Transfer of men for furlough to the Reserve. 

Enlisted men of the Regular Army who are to be furloughed to the Reserve 
under the provisions of Circulars Nos. 16 and 35, War Department, 1919, as 
supplemented by Circulars Nos. 55, 72, and 247, War Department, 1919, will 
be sent for furlough to the demoblization centers to which they would be sent 
under the provisions of current War Department instructions for discharge if 
eligible therefor. 

Men may be furloughed to the Reserve at their '“present stations,” however, 
in cases where their transfer to a demobilization center for furlough would 
cause undue distress or hardship. 

[326.1, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 267, May 21, 1919. 

Discharge of enlisted men for relief of family or urgent need in industrial 
work—Amendment to Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, is amended to read 
as follows: 

3. Application for discharge under the provisions of this circular will be 
made in each individual case by the soldier concerned and through his im¬ 
mediate commanding officer. No man who voluntarily enlisted prior to April 2, 
1917, or since February 28, 1919, will be discharged under this authority. Such 
enlisted men of the Regular Army will be discharged only as prescribed in 
Army Regulations. 

[201, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 269, May 21, 1919. 

Refund of the reward for apprehension of deserters from the draft who are 
restored to duty without trial “ as men willing to serve.” 

1. The following approved opinion of the Acting Judge Advocate General of 
the Army and instructions relative thereto are published for the information 
and guidance of all concerned. 

, “ [Fifth indorsement.] 

Contracts. 

Call—M. D. S. 

J. A. G.—251.211. 

War Department, J. A. G. O., April 16, 1919. 

To The Adjutant General. 

1. Remark by this office is desired in the matter of final settlements with 
soldiers who were apprehended as deserters from the draft and restored to duty. 


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without trial, as men willing to service pursuant to orders to that effect, but in 
whose cases there was deducted from the pay due the soldier the amount paid 
as reward for his apprehension. Reference is made in these papers to the 
opinion of this office, dated August 3, 1918, a digest of which appears on page 
179, August Digest, 1918, as follows: 

“ Deserters from the draft who are restored to duty without trial ‘ as men 
willing to serve ’ in accordance with instructions of the War Department 
issued by the Adjutant General in a circular letter dated March 15, 1918 (re¬ 
voking a letter of instructions dated September 29, 1917). are not obliged to 
admit their desertion. They are automatically absolved from the charge of 
desertion and from any and all penalties and forfeitures attaching thereto: and 
rewards and expenses of apprehension are not chargeable against their pay.” 
(Ops. J. A. G. 251, Aug. 3, 1918.) 

In the second indorsement by the commanding officer, Camp Johnston, Fla., 
it is stated that in making final settlement with soldiers upon discharge “it 
was not thought advisable at the time to endeavor to refund the apprehension 
fees, and also in view of the fact that the Digest of Opinions of 1918, page 179, 
did not seem to be competent authority to refund apprehension fees, which had 
been previously collected.” 

2. In view of the fact that, as held by this office, in said opinion, these draft 
deserters were restored to duty without being required to admit desertion, the 
deduction of the amount paid as a reward for their apprehension and delivery 
was not authorized by Army Regulations. The amount so deducted was there¬ 
fore due the soldier and should have been refunded to him on or before the date 
of his discharge. The opinion of this office, dated August 3, 1918, was approved 
by th 0 Assistant Secretary of War, August 12, 1918, and its promulgation to the 
Army should have been regarded as sufficient authority to refund the amount 
erroneously deducted contrary to regulations. It is recommended that instruc¬ 
tions be issued requiring, as to final discharges, the refundment of pay upon 
final settlement where it appears that the pay was erroneously withheld under 
the conditions stated in the said opinion of this office. 

E. A. Kreger, 

Acting Judge Advocate General. 

2. In case any rewards or expenses of apprehension were erroneously col¬ 
lected, in contravention of the Judge Advocate General’s opinion of August 3, 
1918, from draft deserters who were restored to duty without trial “ as men 
willing to serve ” under the circular letter of instructions of March 15, 1918, 
from The Adjutant General of the Army, the finance officers concerned will 
arrange to refund such amount upon the pay rolls of first settlement after the 
receipt of these instructions. 

3. In the event that such soldier in whose case the reward for apprehension 
has been collected on the pay rolls and not refunded, was discharged prior to 
the receipt of these instructions, the discharged soldier should make his claim 
for reimbursement to the Director of Finance, Washington, D. C. 

4. Attention is directed to the fact that the method of disposal of draft 
deserters provided by the circular letter of instructions of March 15, 1918, was 
automatically discontinued and a new method substituted therefor as published 
in Circular No. 75, War Department, 1919. 

[251.211, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 270, May 23, 1919. 

Examination and classification of emergency officers. 

1. Instructions heretofore issued required that all applications for examina¬ 
tion for appointment in the permanent establishment, from officers in the 
United States, reach the War Department by April 25, 1919. These instructions 
were necessary to accomplish preparation of a list of class three officers, but 
are not to be construed as terminating the classification of officers. The exami¬ 
nation, classification, and forwarding of applications to the War Department 
will be continued in accordance with existing instructions. 

2. Numerous letters and telegrams reaching the War Department inquiring 
whether or not certain officers are in class three indicate that paragraph 2 of 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


99 


Circular No. 86, War Department, 1919, lias not been fully complied with. Also 
numerous requests by applicants for information indicate that officers are not 
being notified of the decision arrived at under paragraph 4 of Circular No. 86, 
War Department, 1919, as to classification in their cases. The above instruc¬ 
tions will be strictly complied with hereafter; also all officers will be notified 
of their classification by the officer who, under paragraph 4, Circular No. 
86, has authority to make final decision as to classification. 

3. In many cases officers returning from overseas or being discharged from 
hospital treatment claim to have been examined and classified as class three, 
while serving in the American Expeditionary Forces. The certificate of the 
officer that he has been so examined and classified may be accepted as tenta¬ 
tively placing him in class three. A copy of the certificate will be forwarded 
to The Adjutant General of the Army with request for verification, the officer 
in the meantime being subject to assignment and transfer. 

4. Attention is directed to the fact that the retention of an officer in class 
three is not contemplated should he at any time appear to be unfit for retention 
in that class. All commanding officers are directed to have class three officers 
kept under close observation and to cause reclassification in those cases where 
unfitness is established. Whenever practicable, such reclassification will be 
based upon recommendation of a board of officers in the same manner as an 
original classification. 

5. An officer who has been examined by a board of officers and as a result 
of such examination excluded from class three, will not be reexamined unless 
new matter of material importance not available in his original examination 
can be presented, or for other reason the officer did not receive a fair and 
conclusive examination. Final action on such requests will be taken by the 
officer having authority to discharge. Officers who are unclassified or who 
have been placed in class one and class two on their own request without action 
by a board of officers, may make application at any time prior to discharge 
and will be examined and classified. 

6. Officers who have been placed in class three and who have voluntarily 
withdrawn therefrom will not be reinstated in that class and are available for 
discharge as officers of class one or two. The original applications of such 
officers are filed in the War Department for consideration should the officer at 
the time of enactment of legislation creating vacancies in the permanent 
establishment renew his application for examination. 

7. Attention is directed to the fact that determination as to whether an 
emergency officer is to be examined for appointment in the permanent establish¬ 
ment and the finding^ of the final examining boards must to some extent be 
based upon the officers’ records in the War Department. Copies of all board 
proceedings, reclassifications, or other matters pertaining to the efficiency or 
suitability of such officers will be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the 
Army. 

[210.12, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 275. May 26, 1919. 

Data to be contained in indorsement on application for discharge. 

All commanding'officers required under existing orders to forward applica¬ 
tions for discharge to department commanders for final action, as contemplated 
in Circular No. 254, War Department, 1919, will include in their indorsements 
thereon a statement showing the following: 

1. The number of more meritorious applications, of men in the organization 
to which applicant belongs, upon which action has not been taken. 

2. The authorized and present enlisted strength of organization to which the 
applicant belongs. 


100 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


3. In case the applicant is assigned for duty at a hospital, the total bed ca¬ 
pacity and the number of occupied beds of the hospital. 

4. If applicant can not be spared for discharge, a statement will be made as to 
the probable date on which it is thought he can be spared, or of conditions un¬ 
der which he can be spared. 

5. Any other remarks pertinent to the availability of the applicant for 
discharge. 

[201, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 276, May 26; 1919. 

Discharge certificate of officers. 

1. Forms No. 525-2 and No. 525-3, A. G. O., will be used without alteration 
in all cases of discharge of officers. 

2. On the face of the form will be shown the name, rank, and arm of service 
of the officer, with place and date of discharge. The organization of the officer 
at time of discharge will not be stated on the face of this form. 

3. On the reverse side of the form under “ Remarks ” will be stated the or¬ 
ganizations with which the officer has served, with dates of service in the Ameri¬ 
can Expeditionary Forces. Such data as is not of record at the place of dis¬ 
charge will be secured from the officer, his certificate as to accuracy being 
accepted. 

4. Attention is directed to the form of order for discharge of officers pre¬ 
scribed by paragraph 8, Circular No. 75, War Department, 1918. The arm of 
service in which the officer is commissioned will be stated in the discharge 
order as prescribed. The organization to which the officer may be assigned or 
attached at time of discharge will not be inserted in the order. 

[210.8, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 277, May 27, 1919. 

Uniform for discharged officers and enlisted men—Amendment to Circular No. 

166, War Department, 1919. 

Paragraph 2, Circular No. 166, War Department, 1919, as amended by Cir¬ 
cular No. 249, War Department, 1919, is further amended by adding the fol¬ 
lowing : 

With reference to subparagraphs c and d, either one coat woolen O. D. and 
ornaments, and one breeches woolen O. D.; or one coat cotton O. D. and orna¬ 
ments, and one breeches cotton O. D. will be issued, depending upon the selec¬ 
tion of the soldier concerned. When the soldier elects to retain a suit of outer 
cotton O. D. clothing and is furnished same, an entry to that effect will be 
made, over the soldier’s signature, on Form No. 637, A. G. O. 

[421, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 278, May 28, 1919. 

Individual records of men for oversea replacements. 

1. Delay in forwarding men for oversea replacements is occurring, because 
the individual records of such men are incomplete or inaccurate or are not 
promptly received at replacement depots. 

2. All concerned are enjoined to expedite the transmittal of individual records 
of enlisted men ordered to replacement depots after careful check of such 
records to.see that they are complete and up to date with all necessary data 
required by existing regulations and instructions entered thereon. 

[201.3, A. G. O.] 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 101 


Circular No. 279, May 28, 1919. 

Entry of grades on discharge certificates. 

It lias been brought to the attention of the War Department that in many 
cases the proper grade held by a soldier at the time of discharge as indicated 
by his service record is not entered on his discharge certificate. Care will be 
taken that in every case the grade entered on the discharge certificate is the 
actual grade held by the soldier at the time of discharge as shown by his serv¬ 
ice recor'd or in the absence of the original service record by other available 
records. 

[220.72, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 280, May 29, 1919. 

Fort Bliss designated as demobilization center—Amendment to Circular No. 
252, War Department, 1919. 

Paragraph 15, Circular No. 252, War Department, 1919, is amended by adding 
Fort Bliss, Tex., to the list of camps and stations enumerated therein. 

[324.122, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 283, June 2, 1919. 

War-risk insurance—Noncompliance with provisions of Circular No. 63, War 
Department, 1919. 

1. The following letter from the Assistant Director of the Bureau of War 
Risk Insurance is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 

May 24, 1919. 

From: Dudley Cates, Assistant Director. 

To: Col. D. Y. Beckham, Adjutant General’s Office, War Department, 

Washington, D. C. 

Subject: Adjutant General’s circular No. 63, series of 1919. 

1. The Bureau of War Risk Insurance is in receipt of an increasing number, 
already amounting to thousands, of discharge notices (Form 333) indicating 
checkage for Class A or Class B allotments, which notices are the first record 
the bureau has ever had of such allotments. Requests made upon the duplicate 
files in the Adjutant General’s Office result in the finding of the Forms 1-B in 
perhaps 10 per cent of the cases, but in the remainder the bureau is unable to 
take any action looking to the adjustment of these cases. 

2. The fact that discharge notices of this kind are received in such numbers 
clearly indicates that camp insurance officers and others charged with helping 
the bureau to correct past mistakes of the War Department and of the bureau 
as well, are ignoring Adjutant General’s circular No. 63, which provides a pro¬ 
cedure for giving the bureau information on which a proper award can be based. 

3. The situation warrants, in my opinion, a special notice to officers in the 
field directing their attention to circular No. 63 and emphasizing the importance 
of sending to the bureau a statement as prescribed in said circular on behalf 
of each enlisted man who has had, any difficulty with his allotment. The bureau 
would appreciate your further cooperation along this line. 

Dudley Oates, Assistant Director. 

2. Commanding officers will give special attention to this matter and see that 
reports are made as required by Circular No. 63, War Department, 1919. • 
[004.61, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 292, .Tune 5, 1919. 

Discharge on certificate of disability. 

When a soldier is discharged on surgeon’s certificate of disability a statement 
to that effect will be made on the discharge certificate as the reason for dis¬ 
charge, but the diagnosis as given on the certificate of disability will not be 
quoted; e. g., “ SCD, 4th Ind Hq E Dept, May 5, 1918.” 

[220.84. A. G. O.] 


102 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 


Circular No. 299, June 10, 1919. 

Sales of clothing and equipage—Amendment to Circular No. 82, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1919. 

Paragraph 1, Circular No. 82, War Department, 1919, is amended to read 
as follows: 

Supply officers are authorized to sell to enlisted men now in or about to 
leave the service, at prices designated by the Director of Purchase and Storage, 
any articles of clothing or equipment except the following: 

Coats. 

Breeches. 

Overcoats. 

Caps. 

Ornaments. 

Hat cords. 

Shoes, russet, new. 

[400.322, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 302, June 11, 1919. 

Reenlistment of temporary noncommissioned officers in staff corps and depart¬ 
ments in same grades. 

Men who have enlisted since April 3, 1917, now holding temporary warrants 
as noncommissioned officers in staff corps or departments, and whom it is 
desirable to retain in the position held by them at time of discharge may be 
reenlisted and have their temporary warrants continued in force until the 
termination of the present emergency. It will be carefully explained to each 
man before reenlisting that the warrant is only for the period of the emergency 
and that permanent appointment will depend upon prescribed examinations 
and existing vacancies under the organizations prescribed by law for the 
permanent forces. 

[342.06, A. G. O.l 

Circular No. 308, June 17, 1919. 

Casuals arriving at demobilization centers without service records. 

It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that in many 
instances casual detachments arriving at demobilization centers from the ports 
of embarkation, for discharge, contain men whose individual records are not 
with the records of the detachment. These men often deliberately board 
without authority outgoing trains from the ports, join detachments on the 
trains and are, upon arrival at demobilization centers, discharged on supple¬ 
mentary service records while being carried as absent without leave or in 
desertion at the ports of embarkation. 

No enlisted man sent from a station or port of embarkation to a demobiliza¬ 
tion center for discharge will be allowed to leave his station or the port, unless 
accompanied by his individual records or unless his individual records have 
been forwarded by mail to his destination in accordance with existing instruc¬ 
tions. All enlisted men wdthout records, arriving at demobilization centers for 
discharge, will be held pending the result of investigation made to determine 
their status. Correspondence to determine the status of such men will be by 
telegraph directly between commanding officers of the demobilization centers 
and the stations or ports from which the men come. In case it should appear 
that a man has deliberately left his proper station and has gone to a demobiliza¬ 
tion center without orders, he will be held at the demobilization center and a 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 103 


report in detail will be made by tlie commanding officer thereof to The Adjutant 
General of the Army. If, however, it should appear that the man has come to 
the demobilization center in compliance with proper orders but that his records 
have, through error, been missent or left behind, the man will, if otherwise 
eligible, be discharged upon the arrival of his records at the demobilization 
center. 

[322.98, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 309, June 17, 1919. 

Charges for transportation against men sent to demobilization centers for 

discharge. 

1. When transportation is issued to a soldier under conditions which require 
that the whole or any part of the cost of such transportation be charged against 
him, the officer issuing the transportation will report by letter in triplicate to 
the soldier’s immediate commander through the post or camp commander, 
giving the name, Army serial number, rank and organization of the soldier; 
the serial numbers of the transportation requests issued, together w T ith any 
expenditures for subsistence or other purposes that may have been incurred, 
which should be charged against the soldier. This letter is in addition to that 
called for by paragraph lllli, Army Regulations. 

2. In case the soldier concerned is about to be discharged, if notification of 
cost of transportation furnished him is not received by his immediate com¬ 
manding officer within 48 hours before he should be discharged, the zone finance 
officer, Transportation and Telegraph Section, Pettus Building, Washington, 
D. C., will be notified by wire. This notification will give all data necessary to 
enable the zone finance officer to determine the amount to be charged against 
the soldier. On receipt of information from the zone finance officer as to the 
proper amount to be charged against the soldier, his accounts will be closed 
and he will be discharged. 

3. When an organization commander has knowledge of transportation fur¬ 
nished a soldier, but report thereof has not reached him, he will make request 
by wire, or by letter if time permits, on the office reported to have furnished 
the same, for full information, upon receipt of which the foregoing instructions 
will apply. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 315, June 21, 1919. 

Uniform for discharged officers and enlisted men—Amendment to Circular No. 

166, War Department, 1919. 

Paragraph 2, Circular No. 166, War Department, 1$19, as amended by Circu¬ 
lars Nos. 249 and 277, War Department, 1919, is further amended by adding the 
following: 

Cotton O. D. uniforms will not be issued to soldiers about to be discharged 
who elect to retain woolen outer uniform clothing on discharge. 

[421, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 317, June 24, 1919. 

Transfer of enlisted men to demobilization centers for discharge—Amendment 

to Circular No. 252, War Department, 1919. 

1. Paragraph 13, Circular No. 252. War Department, 1919, is amended so as 
to require telegraphic reports to The Adjutant General of the Army only in case 
of movements of organizations and headquarters thereof. This does not affect 
in any way the reports now called for by instructions referred to in paragraph 
12 of that circular. 


104 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 

2. Attention is directed to the introductory paragraph of Circular No. 252, 
War Department, 1919, under the provisions of which certain War Department 
numbered circulars are rescinded. This has been overlooked at many camps. 

[246.86, A. G. O.] 

Circular No. 318, June 24, 1919. 

Maintenance of directories for forwarding mail. 

1. In connection with Circulars Nos. 94 and 157, War Department, 1919, re¬ 
quiring the maintenace of directories at all posts, camps, and stations for for¬ 
warding mail, and letter from The Adjutant General of the Army dated May 
19, 1919 (Misc. Div.), providing stamp to be used in returning undelivered 
mail to sender, investigation shows that many camps have not maintained and 
used such directories conscientiously or accurately and that large quantities 
of mail, chiefly returned from overseas, which should be forwarded and deliv¬ 
ered, are being returned to the sender or sent to the Dead Letter Office. This 
practice is resulting in much criticism of the postal service and the War De¬ 
partment. Similarly, mail addressed to persons at camps and stations which 
have been discontinued has been frequently delayed or failed entirely of deliv¬ 
ery. As demobilization progresses and other stations are abandoned difficulty 
from this source will undoubtedly increase. 

2. In order to meet this situation and in the desire to omit no effort that will 
assist in delivering all mail to the proper addresses, a Central Directory Divi¬ 
sion, under the jurisdiction of the port adjutant, port of embarkation, Hoboken, 
N. J., has been established at Pier 86, North River, New York City, w r here are 
maintained complete card indices of all men who have returned from over¬ 
seas, showing the name, rank, organization, Army serial number, date of re¬ 
turn to the United States, name of ship on which returned, and home or 
emergency address in each case, and whether the individual returned as a 
casual or as a member of a statutory organization. The purpose of this Cen¬ 
tral Directory Division is to provide a complete and final directory service for 
all mail for men w^ho have returned from overseas and have been demobilized. 

3. The following procedure’for handling delayed mail is substituted for that 
now in operation and will be at once put into effect at all posts, camps, and 
stations: 

a. All mail for any organization on hand at Chelsea Terminal, New York 
City, when such organization debarks from overseas, will be sent at once to the 
debarkation camp designated to receive the organization. At the debarkation 
camp the mail will be promptly distributed to the units of the organization 
and delivery effected to all individuals who have returned therewith. All mail 
undelivered for any reason when the units have been broken up and sent to 
demobilization camps will be stamped as hereinafter designated and returned 
to the Central Directory Division, Pier 86, North River, New York City. 

b. All mail received at Chelsea Terminal after an organization has been 
broken up at a debarkation camp and all other miscellaneous mail of this 
character will be turned over to the Central Directory Division. 

c. All mail on hand or hereafter received at any post, camp, or station for 
any person returned from overseas, which can not be delivered for lack of 
address or other reason will be stamped as herein indicated and returned at 
once to the Central Directory Division. In no case at any post, camp, or sta¬ 
tion will such mail be returned to the sender or sent to the Dead Letter Office. 


CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 105 


4. The stamp designated to be used in forwarding mail to the Central Direc¬ 
tory Division will be in the following form: 

“No record of addressee at Camp (name). Forwarded for final direc¬ 
tory service to Central Directory Division, Pier 86, North River, New 
York City.” 

5. All mail received at the Central Directory Division will be given individual 
directory service and disposed of as follows: 

a. If records show that addressee has passed through ports of debarkation, 
mail will be forwarded to the home or emergency address if available. 

b. If addressee is overseas, mail will be forwarded overseas. 

c. If address of addressee is not found, mail will be returned to the sender 
or sent to the Dead Letter Office as the case may be. 

The only exception to this procedure will be in case of men in hospitals or 
whose permanent Army address appears, in which case mail will be forwarded 
to such address. 

6. The service provided by the Central Directory Division is not intended to 
replace the directory service in posts, camps, and stations, but is merely sup¬ 
plementary thereto. Every effort will be made at the posts, camps, and stations 
to keep the locator files up to date, requiring as a part of the demobilization 
routine a card giving the name, rank, organization, and forwarding address of 
every man passing through either for discharge or transfer. These files will 
be conscientiously used in attempting to locate all persons before mail here¬ 
after received is forwarded to the Central Directory Division. 

7. Circulars Nos. 94 and 157, War Department, 1919, and letter from The 
Adjutant General of the Army dated May 19, 1919 (Misc. Div.), are amended 
in so far as they conflict with the provisions of this circular. 

[311.18, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 822, June 27, 1919. 

Discharge of enlisted men not to he made contingent upon their securing 
replacements. 

The discharge of any enlisted man will not be made contingent upon his 
securing a man to replace himself by enlistment or otherwise, nor will his 
eligibility for discharge be in any way effected by such action. The policy 
expressed in paragraph 3, Circular No. 213, War Department, 1919, will b* 
strictly adhered to. 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 


Circular No. 325, June 30, 1919. 

Transfer of enlisted men to demobilization centers for discharge—Amendment 
to Circular No. 252, War Department, 1919. 

Circular No. 252, War Department, 1919, as amended by Circulars Nos. 280 
and 317, War Department, 1919, is further amended as follows: 

1. Change the first part of subparagraph a, paragraph 2, to read as follows: 

a. The place of acceptance for enlistment in the case of men who enlisted 
in the Regular Army or National Army, or men who enlisted in an organization 
of the National Guard after it had been called into Federal service. 

2. Add the following subparagraph to paragraph 8: 

g. Men discharged on surgeon’s certificate of disability. (Attention is di¬ 
rected to the provisions of Circular No. 292, War Department, 1919.) 

[220.81, A. G. O.] 


106 CIRCULARS RELATING TO DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMY. 

Circular No. 326, June 30, 1919. 

Preservation in National Library of copies of camp or trench papers. 

Commanding officers of posts, camps, and stations will issue the necessary 
orders to organizations under their commands to the effect that one copy of 
any camp or trench paper issued by such organizations be sent to the National 
Library, Washington, D. C., to be preserved as part of the history of the war, 
any expense in this connection to be met by the Library. 

[000.76, A. G. O.] 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Absentees from organizations undergoing demobilization_ 45 

Accounts of mess officers to be audited before discharge _ 28 

Action on applications for discharge or furlough to the Reserve _ 96, 99 

Acts of Congress: 

Relating to travel pay _ 85, 89 

Addresses, directories at demobilization camps, etc., relative to _ 59, 70 

Adjutant General’s Department: 

Certain officers not to be discharged _ 75 

Discharge of officers ___ ___ 72 

Report of quantity and disposition of blank forms for demobilization- 23 
Advance of per diem allowances to members of Army Nurse Corps 

ordered home for discharge _ 73 

Affidavit of soldier for use in preparation of supplementary service record 

and pay card _ 58 

Affidavit, travel pay _ 89 

Allotments: 

Claim for exemption from, after discharge __ 64 

Discontinuance of, due to discharge _ 58 

Discontinuance of payment of _ 60, 81 

Disposition of war-risk insurance, at separation from the service_37,41 

Report in case of nonpayment of war-risk insurance _ 47,101 

War-risk insurance, at separation from the service_15,22 

Allowances: 

Advance of per diem, to members of Army Nurse Corps ordered 

home for discharge _ 73 

Termination of family _ 43 

Travel, upon discharge _ 85, 89 

American Expeditionary Forces: 

Disposition of effects of deceased members _ 32 

Disposition of surplus property of returning troops _ 79 

Recovery of lost baggage by members of —__ 96 

American Red Cross, retention of clothing issued by _ 25 

Animals, pet, abandoned by troops, disposition of _ 38 

Application: 

For discharge, data to be contained in indorsement on _ 99 

For discharge for urgent reasons, action on _ 36, 60,96,99 

For furlough to the reserve, how submitted _ 49 

Of officers for appointment in the Regular Army - 21, 56,98 

Appointment: 

Officers in Regular Army - 39 

Permanent, of noncommissioned officers having temporary warrants. 102 
Armistice Commission, to secure payment of money due repatriated 
prisoners of war - 73 


107 
































108 


INDEX. 


Army Nurse Corps: Pa g«- 

Advance of per diem allowances to nlembers ordered home for dis¬ 
charge _ 73 

Final pay accounts of members - 82 

Issue of Victory buttons to members _ 74. 77 

Army Regulations: 

Par. 139 pertaining to discharge of soldiers - 77 

Par. 150, discharge certificates - 88 

Par. 733 relating to per diem travel allowances -. -: - 73 

Par. 1165, return of uniform upon discharge or furlough to the reserve- 49 
Army Reserve: 

Discharge of men enlisted in, for three years-77, S3 

Assignment and demotion of officers _ 48, 75, 84 

Assistance to be given disabled men concerning compensation- 44 

Auxiliary remount depots, discharge of enlisted personnel - - 4o 

Badges: 

Award to be noted on discharge certificates - 83 

Baggage depot, for lost baggage- 96 

Bands, disposition of music of, about to be demobilized- 60 

Base hospitals at certain camps to be considered as camp hospitals- 64 

Base pay, interpretation of the term- 67 

Belt, Sam Browne, wearing of_ 54 

Blank forms: 

Amendment of W. D. Form No. 366- 13 

Certificate of discharge for officers _ 33 

Connected with issue of Victory buttons_74, 85 

For application of officers for appointment in the Regular Army_ 21 

For demobilization, economy in the use of _ 22 

For final payment - —_ 23 

For payment of travel pay _ -_ 13 

For report of discharge of officers_ 10 

For report of final physical examination_ 3,28 

Form No. 29-b, A. G. O., for use in case of enlisted men in arrears of pay_ 58 

Form 150-CPB-GS, forwarding of __ 57 

Form 151-CPB-GS, for use in case of class 3 officers _ 65 

Form No. 333, T. D., B. W. R. I., for notice of discharge _ 46, 65, 70, 81 

Form 504, for physician’s report in connection with claim for in¬ 
surance ____ ,_ 83 

Forms Nos. 525-2 and 525-3, A. G. O., for discharge of officers _ 100 

Form No. 526, A. G. O., for discharge of draft deserters _ 63 

Form 526, for insurance claim on account of total and permanent dis- * 

ability---- 83 

Form 526, T. D., B. W. R. I., preparation of _ 7'0 

Form No. 526, Treas. Dept., B. W. R. I., rate of base pay to be in¬ 
dorsed thereon _ 67 

Form No. 600, A. G. O., certain invoices not to be prepared_ 71 

Form No. 637, A. G. O., preparation of _ 71,100 

Form No. 680, A. G. O., for semimonthly officers’ reports _ 66 

Notation on T. D., W. R. I., Form 333____ _ 37, 41 

Preparation of T. D., B. W. R. I., Form 333, notice of discharge_ 46 

Q. M. C'., Form 39 for notification of discontinuance of certain allot¬ 
ments _ _ 81 

Use of certain, for report of physical examination_ _ 61 










































INDEX. 


109 


Blank Forms—Continued. Page. 

Used upon furlough to the reserve_-_ 49 

W. D. Form Nos. 334 and 369 for use in advance payment of certain 

travel allowances_ 74 

Bona fide home or residence_86,89 

Bonus: 

Interpretation of “ honorable conditions ” relative to payment of $60_ 79 

Bulletins, War Department: 

1916, No. 16, relative to protection of the uniform- 55 

1918, No. 36, interpretation of par. 2, sec. II_ 34 

Buttons, Victory, issue of_ 74, 77, 81,85 

Camp hospitals, base hospitals at certain camps to he considered as- 64 

Camp or trench papers, preservation of copies of in National Library— 106 

Camps: 

Directories for mail purposes_ 59, 70,104 

Oversea convalescent detachments_82,97 

Casuals arriving at demobilization centers without service records- 102 

Casuals passing through ports of embarkation, disposition of- 31 

Central Directory Division, establishment of- 104 

Central training schools, assignment of officers to- 49 

Certificate of disability, discharge on- 101 

Certificate of discharge: 

For enlisted men_ 7 

For officers_ 33 

Certificate of officers as to accountability of public property-'- 51 

Certificates: 

Of civil officers in connection with securing Victory buttons- 74 

Receipt of clothing, etc., by enlisted men upon discharge- 71 

Certification by officers of payment of insurance premiums upon discharge- 42 
Charges: 

For transportation against men sent to demobilization centers for 

discharge- 103 

Chevrons: 

Instructions relative to the wearing of certain- 72 

Scarlet, not to be provided for retired soldiers- 73 

Circulars: 

1918, No. 30, rescinded- 70 

1918, No. 73, certain parts amended- 30 

1918, No. 73, par. 2, amended- 01 

1918, No. 73, par. 3, amended-- 20 

1918, No. 73, par. 7, amended- 39 

1918, No. 73, par. 15, subpar. c amended-- 71 

1918, No. 73, par. 21, information concerning war-risk insurance- 75 

1918, No. 73, in connection with discontinuance of allotments- 82 

1918, No. 75, par. 1, interpreted- 24 

1918, No. 75, par. 2, amended- 24 

1918, No. 75, par. 2, information regarding- 23 

1918, No. 75, par. 3, amended- 19 

1918, No. 75, par. 4, cited in connection with discharge of temporary 

officers_ 21 

1918, No. 75, par. 4, relative to classification of commissioned per¬ 
sonnel_—- 

1918, No. 75, par. 7, compliance with- 28 

1918, No. 75, par. 8, form of order for discharge of officers- 100 







































110 


INDEX. 


Circulars — Continued. Page - 

1918, No. 77, discharge under provisions of - 69, 78, 84 

1918, No. 77, extending provisions of - 41 

1918, No. 77, supplemented- --- 66, 60, 96 

1918, No. 77, par. 3, amended --- 

1918, No. 82, par. 2, amended - 61 

1918, No. 82, par. 2, concerning compliance with - 44 

1918, No. 82, par. 5, rescinded - 61 

1918, No. 85, certain portions superseded - 89 

1918, No. 85, in connection with discontinuance of allotments - 82 

1918, No. 85, subpar. b, par. 6, explained - 38 

1918, No. 85, par. 8, amended _ 22 

1918, No. 85, subpar, e, par. 12, amended —_- 51 

1918, No. 86, information regarding - 19 

1918, No. 86, physical eligibility for discharge - 85 

1918, No. 90, par. 3, amended _ 33, 37, 41, 47, 53, 60 

1918, No. 91, superseded ---- 72 

1918, No. 93, physical eligibility for discharge - 85 

1918, No. 93, par. 1. interpretation of - 34 

1918, No. 99, rescinded _ 25 

1918, No. 105, rescinded - 70 

1918, No. 106, par. 1, certain part defined - 38 

1918, No. 106. par. 2, noncompliance with _ 44 

1918, No. 106, superseded_ 89 

IZ 1918, No. 122, superseded --- 89 

1918, No. 124, subpar. d, par. 1, relative to disposition of officers who 

are patients in hospitals _____ 57 

1918, No. 124, par. 11, amended _ 75 

1918, No. 126, superseded- _ 47 

1918, No. 139, rescinded _ 70 

1918, No. 143, superseded _,_ 63 

1918, No. 148, extended _._—____—i. 32 

1918, No. 149, superseded _ 89 

1918, No. 156, rescinded _ 70 

1919, No. 7, rescihded _ 70 

1919, No. 9, amended _ *__ 41 

1919, No. 13, superseded ___,_ 89 

1919, No. 16, extending provisions of _ 46 

1919, No. 16, relative to Furlough to the Reserve _ 85 

1919, No. 17, superseded _ 89 

1919, No. 18, superseded _ _ _ 43 

1919, No. 20, superseded _ 84 

1919, No. 23, supplemented _ 41 

1919, No. 34, relative to retention in service of enlisted men tempo¬ 
rarily ___i.___ 57 

1919, No. 35, relative to Furlough to the Reserve _ 85 

1919, No. 37, superseded _ 89 

1919, No. 38, amehded _ 65 

1919, No. 40, superseded - 96 

1919, No. 43, amended- 71 

1919, No. 57, second paragraph to be complied with_ 70 

1919. No. 57, preparation of notice of discharge_ 82 

1919, No. 63, noncompliance with provisions of_ 101 

1919, No. 75, disposition of draft deserters _ 98 





















































INDEX. 


Ill 

Circulars — Continued. Page. 

1919, No. 80, amended _:_ 59 

1919, No. 82, par. 1, amended _ 102 

1919, No. 85, amended _ 71 

1919, No. 86, leaves of absence _ 84 

1919, No. 86, pars. 2 and 4, relative to classification of emergency 

officers _ 99 

1919, No. 86, par. 8, extending application of provisions _ 75 

1919, No. 89, information concerning war-risk insurance _ 75 

1919, No. 94, amended ___ 104 

1919, No. 94, extending provisions of _ 70 

1919. No. 104, superseded _ 89 

1919, No. 108, superseded _ 62 

1919, No. 110, superseded _._ 89 

1919, No. 138, par. 7, disposition of class three officers _ 75, 84 

1919, No. 152, par. 1, amended _ 84 

1919, No. 157, amended- _ 104 

1919, No. 161, preparation of notice of discharge _ 82 

1919, No. 166, par. 1, amended _ 66 

1919, No. 166, par. 2, amended __ 85,100,103 

1919, No. 166, par. 4, rescinded _ 66 

1919, No. 168, amended - 82 

1919, No. 176, amended _ 89 

1919, No. 187, par. 1, amended _ 77 

1919, No. 187, par. 3, amended _ 81 

1919, No. 191, par. 6, amended _ 84 

1919, No. 208, par. 3, amended _____ 83 

1919, No. 213, par. 3, discharge of enlisted men _ 105 

1919, No. 252, attention directed to introductory paragraph _ 103 

1919, No. 252, pars. 2 and 8, amended _ 105 

1919, No. 252, par. 13, amended _ 103 

1919, No. 252, par. 15, amended _ _ 101 

1919, No. 254, action on applications for discharge, etc _ 99 

1919, No. 292, relating to discharge on surgeon’s certificate of dis¬ 
ability _ 105 

1919, certain, relative to furlough to the Reserve ___ 97 

Certain, relative to discharge - 89 

Citations to be noted on discharge certificates -- 83 

Civil court: 

Discharge of soldiers sentenced to imprisonment by _ 77 

Civilian employees: 

Sale of clothing and equipage to - 85 

Claim for exemption from compulsory allotment after discharge - 64 

Claim for insurance in case of total and permanent disability - 83 

Claims for additional travel pay - 92 

Class 0-1 and C-2 men, discharge of, certain - 19 

Class three officers: 

Disposition of _ 65, 75, 84 

Retention in the service of - 67, 75, 84, 98 

Classification of emergency officers - 98 

Clothing: 

Disposition of, for retired soldiers - 73 

Issued by the Red Cross, retention of - :- 25 

Retained by enlisted men upon discharge- 71 

Sale of, to enlisted men and civilian employees - 102 


















































112 


INDEX. 


Commission on Training Camp Activities: Page. 

Disposition of officers assigned to duty under jurisdiction of -- 84 

Company funds : 

Certain moneys made part of - 21 

Disposition of, on hand at disbandment of an organization - 63 

Extravagance in the use of- 59 

Company property left by disbanded organizations, disposition of - 21 

Compensation application blank, Form 526, T. D., B. W. R. I., preparation 

and forwarding of ___ 12, 61, 70 

To be furnished disabled officers and enlisted men _ 12 

Compensation Division, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, copy of report 

of physical examination to be forwarded to - 61 

Compensation: 

Execution of form in case of claim for _ 83 

Information to be given disabled men making claim for _ 44, 75 * 

Compilation of Orders : 

Par. 194 relative to preparation of discharge certificates, etc_,_ 73 

Comptroller of the Treasury : 

Decision concerning travel pay _ 85 

Concentration points for convalescents _ 35 

Conditions under which men may be discharged at “ Present station 93,105 

Confidential documents and publications, disposition of _ 20 

Construction work, new, use of enlisted personnel for completing_ 59 

Continuance of warrants of noncommissioned officers _: _ 102 

Control of discharge of personnel _ 69, 84 

Convalescent centers, designation “ oversea convalescent detachments,” 

changed to ---:_ 35 

Convalescents, oversea, discharge of _ 18, 37, 41, 47, 53, 60, 82, 97 

Copies of camp or trench papers, preservation of, in National Library _ 106 

Copies of discharge certificates for use in obtaining Victory buttons _ 74, 81, 85 

Data to be contained in discharge certificates of officers _ 100 

Data to be contained in indorsement on application for discharge_ 99 

Date of separation from the service ___ 32 

Debarkation camps: 

Disposition of surplus property of troops returning from the A. E. F_ 79 

Debt to Government, retention of soldiers to satisfy_ 60 

Decisions: 

Claim for exemption from compulsory allotment after discharge_ 64 

Preparation of Form 526, Treasury Department, Bureau of War 

Risk Insurance ___ 70 

Relative to insurance in case of total and permanent disability _ 83 

Relative to travel pay _ 86 

Decorations: 

Authorized and unauthorized_ 54 

From foreign governments, wearing of _ __ 55 

Notation on discharge certificates ___ 83 

Definition: 

Of “ instrumentalities ” _ 51 

Of “ place of induction ” __ _ 38 

Delay in discharge of enlisted men for urgent reasons_ 36 

Delay in preparation of records of enlisted men to be discharged_ 51 

Demobilization: 

Discharge of emergency officers upon_ 56 

Disposition of absentees____;__ 45 




































INDEX. 


113 


Demobilization—Continued. Page. 

Disposition of divisional records_ 51 

Disposition of funds turned in by units originally National Guard_ 52 

Disposition of music of bands_'_ 60 

Disposition of patients in general hospitals_ 35 

Disposition of post exchange funds_ 42 

Economy in use of blank forms for_ 22 

Instructions for final payment of officers and enlisted men_13, 22 

Noncompliance with instructions regarding_ 44 

Demobilization camps: 

Directories for mail purposes_59, 70 

Disposition of pet animals abandoned by troops at_ 38 

Disposition of surplus property of troops returning from the A. E. F_ 79 

Demobilization centers: 

Casuals arriving at, without service records_ 102 

Certain camps excluded from list relative to_ 37, 41, 47, 53, 82, 97 

Certain posts added to list relative to_1_ 

Charges for transportation against men sent to, for discharge_ I 

List of_95,1 

Men sent to, for discharge, transferred to arm and corps “ unas¬ 
signed ” _ 

Transfer of enlisted men for furlough to the Reserve_ 94,103, lOo 

Transfer of enlisted men for furlough to the Reserve_ 97 

Demotion of officers_ 48 

Depot, Lost Baggage, established at Hoboken_ 96 

Deserters: 

Discharge certificate for draft_ 63 

Draft, restored to duty without trial, etc., refund of reward for 

apprehension of_ 97 

Detachments: 

Officers sent with demobilization_ 24 

Oversea convalescents_ 18 

Development battalions: 

Necessity for, limited_ 36 

Director of Finance, company and exchange funds at disbandment of 

organizations to be turned in to_ 67 

Directories: 

For mail purposes at camps, etc-- 59,70,104 

Directory Division, Central, establishment of_ 104 

Disability: 

Claim for insurance in case of total and permanent_ 83 

Discharge on certificate of- 101 

Disabled men: 

Discharge of men suffering from incurable disabilities_ £ 

Information concerning compensation to be given_44, r t 

Disabled soldiers, treatment of- l 

Discharge: 

Accounts of mess officers before- 2 

Advance of per diem allowances to members of Army Nurse Corps 

ordered home for- 73 

Casuals arriving at demobilization centers without service records_ 102 

Certain members of Enlisted Reserve Corps_ 29 

Certain members of Regular Army Reserve Corps- 29 

Certificates- T ---7, 24, 33 

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114 INDEX. 

Discharge—Continued. Page. 

Certificate of, for officers_ 33 

Certification by officers of payment of insurance premiums upon_42, 65 

Charges for transportation against men sent to demobilization cen¬ 
ters for____ 103 

Claim for exemption from compulsory allotment after_ 64 

Class 3 officers_75, 84 

Data to be contained in indorsement on application for_ 99 

Disabled soldiers_ 34 

Enlisted men after hospital treatment_ 62 

Enlisted men arriving from overseas_ 48 

Enlisted men at camps other than those nearest place of induction_ 89 

Enlisted men at “ present station,” conditions under which granted- 93,105 

Enlisted men, delay in preparation of records_ 51 

Enlisted men desiring to remain in the service temporarily not to 

receive_ : ___39, 41 

Enlisted men for relief of family or urgent need in industrial work_ 11 

Enlisted men for urgent reasons_ 36, 60, 78, 96, 97 

Enlisted men from permanent camp or post organizations_ 33 

Enlisted men indebted for transportation_ 30 

Enlisted men indebted to Government_ 60 

Enlisted men, instructions relative to___17, 20, 27 

Enlisted men of Regular Army enlisted prior to April 1, 1917_ 42 

Enlisted men restored to duty from status of general prisoners_ 62 

Enlisted men upon discharge to be informed concerning first payment 

of insurance premium_58, 75 

Enlisted men without service records_ 27 

Enlisted personnel at remount depots_ 46 

Enlisted personnel, control of_69, 84 

Entry of soldiers’ grades on discharge certificates_ 101 

For urgent reasons, action on applications for___96, 99 

For urgent reasons, extension of provisions_ 41 

Former National Guard enlisted men_ 36 

Instruction to be given soldiers relative to wearing of uniforms upon. 29 

Interpretation of instructions concerning_„___ 19 

Issue of reclaimed clothing upon- 78 

Issue of Victory buttons upon- 74 

Kinds of, under “ honorable conditions ”_ 79 

Men enlisted in the Army Reserve for three years_77, 83 

Men enlisted or inducted in Hawaii- 47 

Men suffering from incurable disabilities_:_ 85 

Of certain class 3 officers---- 65 

Of enlisted men not to be made contingent upon their securing re¬ 
placements _ 105 

Of officers_-_9,19, 21, 23, 33 

Of oversea convalescents_ 18 

Officers and enlisted men of personnel detachments___ 34 

Officers commissioned at training camps from civilian candidates, 

travel allowances on- 27 

Officers for urgent reasons- 56 

Officers of the Adjutant General’s Department_ 72 

Officers, temporary_:- 21 

On certificate of disability--- 101 

Personnel of staff corps attached to line and other organizations_ 34 













































INDEX 


115 


Discharge—Continued. Page. 

Physical examination prior to___ 95 

Preparation of notice of_ 46, 70,81,101 

Retention of knitted garments upon__ 37 

Soldiers on account of sentence to imprisonment by civil court_ 77 

Surplus officers___49, 75 

Temporary officers_ 56, 75, 98 

Transfer of enlisted men to demobilization centers for_ 94,103,105 

Transfer to arm or corps “ unassigned ” of men sent to demobiliza¬ 
tion centers for_____38, 45 

Wearing of uniform after_ 71 

Discharge certificates: 

Copies of, for use in obtaining Victory buttons_74, 81, 85 

Entry of soldiers’ grades on_ 101 

Entry of soldier’s prior organization on_ ; _ 37 

For draft deserters_ 63 

Forwarding of, to secure Victory buttons_74, 81, 85 

Not to be typewritten___73, 82 

Notation of decorations_ 83 

Of officers to contain certain data_ 100 

Remarks on_ 40 

Rubber stamps not to be used in preparation of_ 82 

Three classes_ 86 

Discharge orders: 

Revocation of- 75 

Discharged men: 

Issue of Victory buttons_ 74, 77, 81, 85 

Wearing of uniform and decorations--- 71, 85,100,103 

Discharged officers: 

Qualification cards and final ratings- 39 

Wearing of uniform and decorations- 71 

Discharged soldiers: 

Employment as pharmacists- 76 

Issue of raincoats, ponchos, etc--- 85 

Payment of $60 bonus- 79 

Registration of, at offices of town clerk- 31 

Travel pay-— 86,89 

Discipline in connection with wearing of the uniform- 53 

Disposition: 

Clothing for retired soldiers- 73 

Company and exchange funds on hand at disbandment of organization. 21, 63 

Company property left by disbanded organizations- 21 

Confidential and secret documents and publications- 20 

Effects of deceased members of A. E. F- 32 

Enlisted casuals passing through ports of embarkation- 31 

Enlisted men desiring to remain in the service temporarily.—-39, 41 

Funds turned in by units originally National Guard- 52 

. Funds turned in to Director of Finance- 59 

Mail received at Central Directory Division- 104 

Men who entered the service on or before April 1, 1917- 35 

Music of bands about to be demobilized- 60 

Of officers placed in class 3---65,67 

, Pet animals abandoned by troops at demobilization camps- 38 

Post exchange funds on demobilization of participants- 42 















































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INDEX. 


Disposition—Continued. Page. 

Property originally belonging to National Guard units- 52 

Records for final separation from the service- 3 

Records of demobilized divisions-,- 51: 

Records of registered and special delivery mail..- 64 

Surplus property of troops returning from the A. E. F- 79 

Unclaimed personal effects of officers and enlisted men- 32 

Divisional insignia, wearing of, on return from France- 43 

Divisional records, disposition of, at demobilization- 51 

Documents, confidential and secret, disposition of__"- 20 

Draft deserters: . 

Discharge certificates for_ 63 

Refund of the reward for apprehension of those who are restored 

to duty without trial_ 97 

Travel allowance for__—--- 63 

Drug business, employment for discharged soldiers- 76 

Educational institutions: 

Execution of true copies of discharge certificates in connection with 

Victory buttons- 81 

Effects of officers and enlisted men: 

Disposition in case of deceased members of A. E. F- 32 

Disposition of unclaimed personal_'- 32 

Emergency, termination of present war_ 43 

Emergency officers: 

Assignment and demotion of-49, 67 

Examination and classification of_ 98 

Leave of absence_ 84 

Retention of_67, 98 

Employment for discharged soldiers as pharmacists:_ 76 

Enlisted men: 

Arriving as casuals at demobilization centers without service records. 102 
Charges for transportation against men sent to demobilization cen¬ 
ters for discharge_ 103 

Claim for exemption from compulsory allotment after discharge_ 64 

Clothing retained upon discharge_____ 71, 85,100,103 

Control of discharge of_69, 84 

Delay in preparation of records of, to be discharged_ 51 

Desiring to remain in the service temporarily, retention of_39, 41, 96 

Discharge after hospital treatment____'_ 62 

Discharge at “ present station,” conditions under which granted_93,105 

Discharge certificates, remarks on_ 40 

Discharge of, at camps other than those nearest place of induction_ 89 

Discharge of certain, arriving from overseas_ 48 

Discharge of disabled_ 34 

Discharge of, for urgent reasons_ 36, 60, 78,96, 97, 99 

Discharge of, from permanent camp or post organizations_ 33 

Discharge of, for relief of family or urgent need in industrial work__ 11 

Discharge of, instructions governing_17,19, 20 

Discharge of men suffering from incurable disabilities___ 85 

Discharge of, not to be made contingent upon their securing replace¬ 
ments - 105 

Discharge of, on account of sentence to imprisonment by civil court_ 77 

Discharge of those enlisted in , the Army Reserve for three years_ 77, 83 ; 








































INDEX. 117 

Enlisted men—Continued. Page. 

Discharge of those restored to duty from status of general prisoners_ 62 

Discharge on certificate of disability_ 101 

Discharge or furlough to the reserve of men enlisted prior to April 

1, 1917_ 35 

Disposition of clothing upon retirement_ 73 

Disposition of unclaimed personal effects_ 32 

Disposition of, who entered the service on or before April 1, 1917_ 35 

Entry of grades on discharge certificates_ 101 

Extension of provisions for discharge for urgent reasons_ 41 

Final payment at separation from the service_13,22 

Form for affidavit in case of arrears of pay and absence of service 

record_ f _, 58 

Former National Guard, discharge of_ 36 

Furlough to reserve on account of dependents_38, 46 

Indebted for transportation, discharge of_ 30 

Individual records at separation from the service_ 3 

Inducted in Hawaii, discharge of_ 47 

Information concerning compensation to be given disabled_44, 75 

Information to non-English-speaking, regarding war-risk insurance_ 11 

Insurance in case of total and permanent disability_ 83 

Interpretation of instructions concerning discharge of_ 19 

Interpretation of the term “ base pay ” for_ 67 

Issue of raincoats, ponchos, etc_ 85 

Issue of reclaimed clothing upon discharge_ 78 

Issue of victory buttons_ 74, 77, 81, 85 

Misinformation regarding furlough to the Reserve_ 96 

Noncommissioned officers, reenlistment_ 102 

Organizations not to be increased by assignment of certain_ 61 

Physical eligibility for furlough to the Reserve_’_ 85 

Physical examination prior to discharge_ 95 

Physical examination prior to transfer_ 28 

Prior organization of, entered on discharge certificate_ 37 

Recovery of lost baggage at lost baggage depot_ 96 

Registration at office of city clerk_ 31 

Report of physical examination to be sent to Bureau of War Risk 

Insurance__ 61 

Report, upon discharge, in case of nonpayment of allotments_47,101 

Retention of, at remount depots_ 46 

Retention of knitted garments by- 37 

Retention of, required for special purposes- 69 

Retention of, to satisfy debt to Government- 60 

Retention of, who enlisted prior to April 1, 1917- 66 

Sale of clothing and equipage to_ 102 

To be informed upon discharge concerning first payment of insurance 

premium_ 58 

Trained in finance work, retention of- 46 

Transfer of, for furlough to the Reserve_ 97 

Transfer of those enlisted or inducted for the period of the emer¬ 
gency - 61 

Transfer to arm or corps “ unassigned ”- 38, 45,94 

Transfer to demobilization centers for discharge_ 94,103,105 

Transmission of service records- 76 














































118 


INDEX, 


Enlisted men—Continued. Page. 

Transmittal of individual records of men for oversea replacements-_ 100 

Travel pay____85, 89 

Treatment in hospitals of disabled_1--- 34 

Use of, for certain purposes_i- 59 

Wearing of divisional insignia on return from France- 43 

Wearing of uniform after discharge-71,100 

Without service records, discharge of_ 27. 

Enlisted Reserve Corps: 

Discharge of certain members- 29 

Retention in the service of members_29, 66 

Enlistment: 

After discharge, of men enlisted in the Army Reserve for three 

years--- 83 

Discharged temporary officers_ 26 

Entry into the military service: 

Place of, to determine travel allowances--- 86, 90,105 

Entry of grades on discharge certificates___ 101 

Entry of soldier’s prior organization on discharge certificate_ 37 

Equipage: 

Sale of, to enlisted men and civilian employees_ 102 

Equipment: 

Retention of, upon discharge_^_ 71 

Examination: 

Emergency officers for classification_ 98 

Exceptions authorized to uniform regulations under certain conditions_ 54 

Exchange funds on hand at disbandment of organizations, disposition of_ 63 

Execution of final physical examination form_ 28 ; 

Execution-of true copies of discharge certificates, etc., in connection with 

Victory buttons__74,81 

Exemption from compulsory allotment after discharge, claim for_ 64 

Expeditionary forces, service with, to be noted on discharge certificate_ 46 

Extension: 

Provisions of Circular No. 77, 1918, to include Alaska, Canal Zone, 

and insular possessions_ 41 

Provisions of Circular No. 16, 1919_ 46 

Extravagance in the use of funds of organizations about to be disbanded- 59 

Family allowances, present war emergency_ 43 

Farming, discharge in connection with_ 78 

Field clerks: 

Issue of Victory buttons_74, 77 

Final pay: 

Noting of claim for_____ 51 

Refund of reward for apprehension of draft deserters restored to 

duty without trial, etc_ 97 

Final pay accounts, members Army Nurse Corps_ 32 

Final pay roll, remarks on_ 92 

Final payment at separation from the service___13,22 

Final ratings of discharged officers_ 39 

Final returns_ 7 

Final statements: 

Not to be typewritten__ 73 

Rubber stamps not to be used in preparation of_ 82 

With respect to war-risk insurance_37,41. 




































INDEX, 


119 


Finance work: Page, 

Officers engaged in, not to be discharged_ 75 

Retention of enlisted men trained in_ 46 

Foreign governments, wearing of decorations from__ 55 

Forms. See Blank forms. 

Funds: 

Company, derived from property left by disbanded oragnizations_ 21 

Company, disposition of_21, 63 

Disposition of post exchange, on demobilization of participants_ 42 

Disposition of, turned in by units originally National Guard_ 52 

Exchange, disposition of_21, 42, 63 

Extravagance in the use of, belonging to organizations about to be 

disbanded_ 59 

Report of, on hand at disbandment of organizations_ 63 

Furlough to the Reserve: 

Action on applications for_ 96 

Enlisted men of Regular Army enlisted prior to April 1, 1917_46, 49 

Enlisted men of Regular Army on account of dependents_ 38, 46, 49 

Misinformation regarding_ 96 

Physical eligibility of enlisted men for__ 85 

Prior to April 2, 1917_ 96 

Transfer of enlisted men for_ 97 

Furloughs involving railroad transportation_ 26 

Gas masks: 

Not to be retained by retired soldiers_ 73 

General Orders, No. 45, 1918, modified_,__ 18 

General prisoners, discharge of enlisted men restored to duty from 

status of_ 62 

German Government: 

Payment of money due repatriated prisoners of war_ 73 

Grades of enlisted men to be entered on discharge certificates___ 101 

Hawaiian department, discharge of men inducted into the service_ 47 

Helmet: 

Not to be retained by retired soldiers-- 73 

History of the war, copies of camp or trench papers to be preserved in 

National Library as part of_ 106 

Home or residence, actual bona fide-86, 89 

“ Honorable conditions,” interpretation of, relative to payment of $60 

bonus_^- 79 

Hospitals: 

Certain base, to be considered as camp hospitals- 64 

Oversea patients not to be transferred to certain- 64 

Hospital treatment, discharge of enlisted men after_- 62 

Imprisonment: 

Discharge of soldiers on account of sentence to, by civil court- 77 

Increase of organizations above “ present strength ”- 61 

Indebtedness to Government, retention of soldiers to satisfy- 60 

Individual equipment record: 

Forwarding of- 71 

Individual records furnished upon furlough to the reserve-- 49 

Individual records of men for oversea replacements, transmittal of- 100 

Individual records required at separation from the service-3, 20, 30 

Indorsement on application for discharge, data to be contained in- 99 

Induction under the Selective Service Law, place of-86, 90 









































120 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Industrial work, discharge of enlisted men for urgent need in_ 97 

Information relative to: 

Compensation and continuance of war-risk insurance_ 75 

Retention in the service of class three officers_ 67 

Insignia: 

Instructions relative to the wearing of certain_ 54 

Wearing of certain, on return from France___ 43 

Instructions: 

Relative to— 

Control of discharge of personnel,_ 69 

Demobilization, noncompliance with_ 44 

Discharge for urgent reasons_ 60, 96, 97 

Discharge of disabled soldiers_ 34 

Discharge of enlisted men_ 19 

Discharge of officers_i_._ 23 

Furlough to the reserve_ 49 

Passes and furloughs involving railroad transportation_ 26 

Retention of uniform upon discharge_ 71 

Transportation of troops_ 25 

Use of enlisted personnel_ 59 

Instrumentalities,” definition of word_ 51 

nsurance. See War-risk insurance. j ; 

Insurance premiums, discontinuance of_ 37 

Interpretation: 

“ Honorable conditions ” relative to payment of $60 bonus_ 79 

Instructions concerning discharge of enlisted men_ 67 

Instructions relative to discharge of disabled soldiers_ 34 

Of the term “ base pay,” war-risk insurance_ 67 

Provisions of Circular No. 77, W. D., 1918_ 78 

Issue: 

Raincoats, ponchos, etc__ 85 

Victory buttons_ 74,77,81,85 

Judge Advocate General: 

Opinion interpreting the words “ honorable conditions ” relative to 

payment of $60 bonus_ 79 

Opinion relating to refund of reward for apprehension of draft 

deserters_ 97 

Opinion relative to retention of soldiers to satisfy debt to Govern¬ 
ment_ 60 

Opinions relating to revocation of discharge orders_ 75 

Judge Advocate General’s Department: 

Certain officers not to be discharged_ 84 

Knitted garments, return of_ 37 

Leaves of absence: 

Conditions for granting_:_57, 84 

To officers temporarily retained in the service_57, 84 

Legislation relating to permanent establishment of the Army_ 67 

Letter of May 19, 1919, A. G. O., relating to rubber stamps for forward¬ 
ing mail_ 104 

Liberty belt, wearing of_ 54 

Liberty loan bond allotments: ; l 

At separation from the service- 15 







































INDEX. 


121 


Page. 


Locator cards: 

File of, for directories at camps, etc_ 59, 70,104 

Lost Baggage Depot, established at Hoboken, N. J _ 96 

Mail: 

Directories at demobilization camps, etc., in connection with_ 59, 70,104 

Disposition of records of registered and special delivery_ 64 

Procedure for handling delayed_ 104 

Received at Central Directory Division, disposition of___ 104 

Maintenance of directories for mail purposes at camps, etc_ 59, 70,104 

Medals: 

Award to be noted on discharge certificates___ 83 

Medical Department: 

, Discharge of personnel___ 34 

Officers of the line on duty with, not to be discharged_ 84 

Medical examination prior to discharge, conduct of_ 8, 28 

Medical officers on certain duties not be discharged_,_ 75 

Mileage at separation from the service_13, 27 

Mileage, for men discharged from the service_86, 89 

Military courtesy, in connection with discharged officers and men_ 53 

Military experience, notation on qualification cards of discharged officers- 39 

Misinformation regarding furlough to the reserve_ 96 

Money due repatriated prisoners of war, receipts for_ 73 

Morning reports at separation from the service_ 3 

Movement of troops, transportation for_ 25 

Music of bands about to be demobilized, disposition of_ 60 

National Guard: 

Discharge of former enlisted men of__ 36 

Disposition of funds turned in by units__ 52 

National Library, preservation of copies of camp or trench papers_ 106 

New construction work, use of enlisted personnel for completing_ 59 

Noncommissioned officers: 

Continuance of warrants_ 102 

Policy as to those arriving from overseas_ 48 

Reenlistment_ 102 

Noncompliance with instructions regarding demobilization_ 44 

Noncompliance with provisions of Circular No. 63, W. D., 1919- 101 

Notation of decorations on discharge certificates__ 83 

Notice of discharge: 

Notations on form of_37, 41 

Preparation of_ 46, 50, 70, 81,101 

Preparation of form of, upon furlough to the reserve- 49 

Notice to be given enlisted men upon discharge, concerning first payment 

of insurance premiums—- 58 

Officers: 

Adjutant General’s Department, as to discharge- 72 

Application for appointment in Regular Army- 39 

Appointment of, in Regular Army- 39 

Assignment during the emergency- 49, 75, 84,98 

Certificate as to accountability of public property- 51 

Certificate of discharge- 33 

* Certification of payment of insurance premiums upon discharge-42, 65 

Commissioned, at training camps, from civilian candidates, travel al¬ 
lowances on discharge--- 27 

Date of separation from service- 32 










































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Officers—Continued. . Page. 

Demotion during the emergency_ - 48 

Determination as to fitness for appointment in the Regular Army_— 56,98 

Discharge certificates, remarks on_-— 40 

Discharge certificates to contain certain data_ 100 

Discharge of_ 9, 21, 23, 33, 56, 75, 84 

Discharged temporary, enlistment of- 26 

Disposition of class 3_-— 65, 75, 84 

Disposition of unclaimed personal effects_ 32 

Emergency, examination, and classification__ 98 

Final payment at separation from the service___ . 13 

Individual records at separation from the service_ — 3 

Information concerning compensation to be given disabled_ 75 

Interpretation of the term “ base pay ” for_ 67 

Issue of Victory buttons_ 74, 77, 81, 85 

Leaves of absence_ 84 

Mess, accounts of, before discharge_ 28 

Policy relative to retired, on the active list_ 49 

Preparation of notice of discharge_ 81 

Qualification cards and final ratings of discharged_39 

Recovery of lost baggage at Lost Baggage Depot_96 

Registration at office of city clerk___ 31 

Report of physical examination to be sent to Bureau of War Risk 

Insurance_ 61 

Resignation of_ 19 

Retention of class 3_!___1_ 67,75,84,98 

Retention of, temporarily_56, 75 

Sending of class 3, to schools for instruction temporarily discontinued- 65 

Temporary, discharge of_ 21 

Unsuited for their advanced grade, demotion of_ 48 

Wearing of divisional insignia on return from France_ 43 

Wearing of uniform after discharge_ 71 

Opinion of the Judge Advocate General: 

Interpretation of “ honorable conditions ” relative to payment of $60 

bonus_ 79 

Refund of reward for apprehension of draft deserters_ 97 

Revocation of discharge orders_, 75 

Ordnance depot companies: 

Certain officers not to be discharged_ 75 

Organizations: 

About to be disbanded, disposition of funds_ 63 

About to be disbanded, extravagance in the use of funds_ 59 

Increase above “ present strength ”_ 61 

Oversea convalescent detachments: 

Certain camps excluded from list relative to_ 37, 41, 47, 53, 60, 82,97 

Designation changed to “ convalescent centers ”__ 35 

Instructions relative to_ 18 

Oversea patients not to be transferred to certain hospitals_ 64 

Oversea replacements, transmittal of individual records of men for_ 100’ 

Oversea troops arriving in the United States: 

Discharge of men enlisted for emergency__ 48 

Policy as to surplus noncommissioned officers_ 48 

Papers: 

Preservation of copies of camp or trench papers in National Library- 106 
Passes involving railroad transportation_ 26 













































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Page. 

Patients, oversea, not to be transferred to certain hospitals_ 64 

Pay: 

Claim for arrears in_ 27 

Pinal, refund of reward for apprehension of draft deserters restored 

to duty without trial_ 97 

For last month of active service_ 67 

Noting of claim for final_!___ 51 

Travel, for soldiers discharged or furloughed to the Reserve_86, 89 

Pay roll: 

Amendment of_ 13 

Final_ 22 

Remarks on, final_ 92 

Payment of allotments, discontinuance of__ 60 

Payment of $60 bonus to discharged soldiers___ 79 

Payment of war-risk insurance premiums, certification of_42, 65 

Permanent establishment of the Army, future legislation_ 67 

Personnel detachments, discharge of members_ T _ 34 

Pet animals abandoned by troops at demobilization camps, disposition of_ 38 

Pharmacists, employment for discharged soldiers as_ 76 

Physical eligibility of enlisted men for furlough to the Reserve_ 85 

Physical examination: 

Of enlisted men prior to discharge_ 95 

Soldiers discharged on account of sentence to imprisonment by civil 

court_ 77 

Transmittal of reports of, on separation from the service_ 61 

Place of induction, definition of term_ 38 

Point of entry into the military service, meaning of_ 38, 90,105 

Policy as to surplus noncommissioned officers arriving from overseas_ 48 

Policy in regard to discharge of emergency enlisted men arriving from 

overseas_ 48 

Policy with reference to retention in the service of members of the Regu¬ 
lar Army Reserve and enlisted Reserve Corps_29, 66 

Ponchos, issue of_ 85 

Post exchange funds, disposition of, on demobilization of participants_ 42 

Preparation of discharge certificates and final statements_73, 82 

Preparation of Form 526, T. D., B. W. R. I_ 70 

Preparation of notice of discharge_46, 81 

“ Present station,” conditions under which men may be discharged at_93,105 

“ Present strength,” increase of organizations above_ 61 

Preservation in National Library of copies of camp or trench papers_ 106 

Prisoners of war, receipts for money due from German Government_ 73 

Privilege of wearing uniforms to be explained to soldiers upon discharge- 29 

Procedure for handling delayed mail- 104 

Property: 

Of troops returning from the A. E. F., disposition of surplus_ 79 

Officer’s certificate as to accountability-:_ 51 

Originally belonging to National Guard units, disposition of_ 52 

Publications, confidential and secret, disposition of- 20 

Qualification cards: 

Of discharged officers- 39 

Of officers at final separation from the service_ 4,23 

Railroad Administration, United States: 

Travel pay for discharged soldiers- 86 








































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Page. 

Raincoats, issue of_ 85 

Receipts, for money due repatriated prisoners of war_ 73 

Reclaimed clothing, issue of___ 78 

Records: 

Disposition of, at separation from the service- 7, 30 

Disposition of, pertaining to demobilized divisions_ 51 

For final separation from the service in United States Army, prepa¬ 
ration and disposition_ 3, 20, 28, 32 

Forwarding of individual equipment_;_ 71 

Furnished ujDon furlough to the reserve_ 49 

Of discharged officers_ 28 

Of special delivery and registered mail, disposition of_ 64 

Preparation of supplementary, in case of certain men- 51 

Transmittal of individual records of men for oversea replacements— 100 

Recruiting circular: 

1916, No. 2, relating to second enlistment period_ 83 

Recruits: 

Issue of clothing__ 78 

Red chevrons: 

Enlisted men not to be provided with, at time of retirement_ 73 

Wearing of_53, 71 

Red Cross. See American Red Cross. 

Reduced rates_ 27 

Reenlistment: 

After discharge of men enlisted in the Army Reserve for three years_ 83 

Registered mail, disposition of records of_ 64 

Registration of discharged soldiers at office of city clerk__ 31 

Regular Army: 

Appointment of officers_ 39 

Transfer of enlisted men for furlough to the Reserve_ 97 

Regular Army Reserve Corps: 

Discharge of certain enlisted men_ 29 

Retention in the service of members of_ 66 

Retention of certain enlisted men___ 29 

Regulations: 

For the Regular Army Reserve, provisions thereof, conflicting with 

certain other provisions, suspended_ 50 

Governing the uniform, policy relative to_ 53 

Remarks on discharge certificates of officers and enlisted, men_ 40 

Remarks on final pay roll___ 92 

Remount depots, discharge of enlisted personnel_ 46 

Remount divisions, retention of enlisted men_ 46 

Repatriated prisoners of war, receipts for money due_ 73 

Replacements: 

Discharge of enlisted men not to be made contingent upon their se¬ 
curing- 105 

Oversea, transmittal of individual records of men for_ 100 

Reports: 

In case of certain casuals arriving at demobilization centers with¬ 
out service records_ 102 

In case of nonpayment of war-risk insurance allotments_ 41,42, 47,101 

Of changes at separation from the service_ 3 

Of discharges from oversea convalescent detachments_ 18 

Of physical examination at separation from service_ 8 







































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Reports—Continued. Page. 

Of surplus class 3 officers to be made to The Adjutant General_ 65 

Regarding certain retained enlisted men_ 66 

Relative to separation from the service of officers and enlisted men_ 20 

Resignations of officers___ 19 

To the zone finance officer_ 57 

Under par. 7, Cir. No. 75, W. D., 1918_ 57 

Reserve: 

Discharge of men enlisted in the Army Reserve for three years_77, 83 

Furlough to, of enlisted men of the Regular Army_ 38, 46, 49, 85, 96 

Retention in the service of members of the Regular Army_ 66 

Residence, actual bona fide__86, 90 

Retention: 

Class 3 officers_67,98 

Enlisted men desiring to remain in the service temporarily_39, 41 

Enlisted personnel at remount depots_ 46 

Enlisted personnel required for special purposes_ 69 

Enlisted personnel trained in finance work__ 46 

Members of the Regular Army Reserve and Enlisted Reserve Corps_ 66 

Men who enlisted in the Regular Army prior to April 1, 1917_29, 66 

Of disabled men in the service_ 34 

Officers desiring to remain in the service temporarily_ 56 

Of soldiers to satisfy debt to Government_ 60 

Of uniform upon discharge_ 71 

Retired officers on the active list, policy relative to_ 49 

Retired soldiers, disposition of clothing_ 73 

Return: 

Of knitted garments_ 37 

Of uniforms_ 43 

Returns, final strength, at separation from service_ 7 

Revocation of discharge orders_ 75 

Reward for apprehension of draft deserters who are restored to duty 

without trial, refund of_ 97 

Rosters at separation from the service_ 7 

Rubber stamps, not to be used for certain purposes--- 82 

Sales of clothing and equipage_ 77 

Salvage officer, surplus property of troops returning from the A. E. F. to 

be turned in to_ 79 

Salvaging purposes, use of enlisted personnel for- 59 

Sam Browne belt, wearing of_ 54 

Secret documents and publications, disposition of_- 20 

Separation from the service: 

Date of_._ 32 

Discharge certificates at--23,33 

Disposition of records at final-—— 3 

Disposition of war-risk insurance allotments___ 20 

Individual records required- 3, 20 

Information relating to war-risk insurance at- 3 

Instruction as to final payment of officers and enlisted men- 13 

Mileage or travel pay-13, 27 

Of disabled soldiers- 34 

Payment of officers and enlisted men-13,22 

Payment of travel allowances- 27 

Preparation of forms- 11 

Service, directory, provided by Central Directory Division- 104 















































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INDEX. 


Service records: Page. 

Action in case of casuals arriving at demobilization centers without— 102 

Discharge of enlisted men without_ 27 

Transmission of_i_ 76 

Slickers, issue of_ 85 

Soldiers: 

Discharge on account of sentence to imprisonment by civil court_ 77 

Disposition of clothing for retired_ 73 

Soldier’s affidavit_:-- 58 

Soldier’s statement used in preparation of forms for separation from the 

service___,___i_ 11 

Special delivery mail, disposition of records of_ 64 

Special Regulations: 

Nos. 41 and 42, governing the uniform of the United States Army_ 53 

No. 43, certain officers to be informed of provisions_ 57 

No. 72, certain part of par. 7, suspended_ 20 

Staff corps and departments: 

Discharge of personnel_34, 69 

Reenlistment in__ 102 

Statement of soldier, use of, in preparation of certain forms_ 11 

Students’ Army Training Corps, discharge of officers on duty with units 

of_ r __ 23 

Supplementary records for certain enlisted men, delay in preparation of_ 51 

Supplementary service record, data on soldier’s affidavit used in prepara¬ 
tion of_ 58 

Surplus noncommissioned officers, policy as to those arriving from over¬ 
seas- 48 

Surplus officers, discharge of_49, 75 

Surplus property belonging to troops'of the A. E. F., disposition of_ 79 

Temporary officers, enlistment of discharged_ 26 

Termination of family allowances_ 43 

Transfer: 

Absentees from organizations undergoing demobilization_ 45 

Enlisted men for furlough to the Reserve_ 97 

Enlisted men to demobilization centers for discharge_ 94,103,105 

For discharge of men enlisted or inducted in Hawaii_ 47 

Men enlisted or inducted for the period of the emergency_ 61 

Of emergency officers to the permanent establishment___ 67 

Officers to fill vacancies_ 21 

To arm or corps “ unassigned ” of men sent to demobilization centers 

for discharge__:_ 38,45,94 

To replace men discharged from permanent camp or post organi¬ 
zations__ 33 

Transmission of service records_ 76 

Transportation: 

Charges for, against men sent to demobilization centers for discharge. 103 

Discharge of enlisted men indebted for_ 30 

Draft deserters_ 63 

Passes and furloughs involving railroad_ 26 

Travel allowances : 

Advance per diem for certain members of the Army Nurse Corps... 73 
On discharge of officers commissioned at training camps from civilian 
candidates_ 27 




































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Travel allowances—Continued. - Page- 

Payment of, upon discharge_ 27 

Upon discharge_ 38 

Travel pay affidavit, preparation and execution_ 90 

Travel pay at separation from the service_13, 27 

Travel pay, for soldiers discharged or furloughed to the Reserve_86, 89 

Trench papers, preservation of copies of, in National Library_ 106 

Troops: 

Returning from the A. E. F., disposition of surplus property- 79 

Transportation of_ 25 

Typewriting machines, discharge certificates and final statements not to 

be prepared on__*_ 73 

Unclaimed personal effects of officers and enlisted men, disposition of_ 32 

Uniform: 

Discipline in connection with wearing of_ 53 

Exceptions to regulations authorized_i_ 54 

Privilege of wearing, to be explained to soldiers upon discharge_ 29 

Retained by enlisted men upon discharge_ 71, 85,100,103 

Wearing of, after discharge_ 71,100 

Use of enlisted personnel for certain purposes_ 59 

Vacancies relating to permanent establishment__— 68 

Victory buttons, issue of___ 74, 77, 81 

War emergency, termination of present_^_ 43 

War-risk insurance: 

Allotments at separation from the service_ 15, 22, 37,41 

Certification by officers of payment of insurance premium_42, 65 

Claim for exemption from compulsory allotment after discharge_ 64 

Explaining the act to non-English-speaking soldiers_ 11 

Family allowances, present war emergency_ 43 

Information concerning compensation to be given disabled men_12, 44, 75 

Information concerning first payment of premium by enlisted men 

upon discharge__ 4 -:-58, 75 

Information relating to, before separation from the service_ 3,19 

Insurance in case of total and permanent disability_ 83 

Interpretation of the term “ base pay ”_ 67 

Noncompliance with provisions of Circular No. 63, W. D., 1919_ 101 

Preparation of Form 526, T. D., B. W. R. I_ 70 

Preparation of notice of discharge_ 46, 70, 81 

Report in case of nonpayment of allotments-47,101 

Report of physical examination to be sent to Bureau of_ 61 

Warrants of noncommissioned officers, continuation of_ 102 

Wearing of uniform by discharged soldiers_ 43, 53, 71 

Zone finance officer: 

Certain report to be made to- 58 

Charges for transportation against men sent to demobilization cen¬ 
ters for discharge- 103 

Claims for additional travel pay- 92 

Discontinuance of payment of allotments-60, 81 

Zone supply officer: 

Clothing of retired soldiers to be sent to_ 73 

To be consulted concerning certain discharges_ 69 


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